How green is your grass?

Thursday was another dry day with any showers that were about giving us a miss. Maximum daily temperatures reach the high teens most days rather than the dizzy heights of 20°C or more that we might expect in June.

This is our best patch of lawn. I re seeded some bare patches a few weeks ago and have watered the newly sown seed to keep it moist to help it germinate. I’ve now got a small dark green patch of lawn which has received some water and the rest of the lawn is brown more resembling its state at the end of a long hot and dry summer.

Asking around on the plot this afternoon the thundery shower which we had at home yesterday also fell on the plot but it was impossible to tell as the top of the soil was dry with no sign of moisture below. I heard a potato farmer discussing the introduction of drought measures which would prevent him irrigating crops hence he expected a much reduced harvest. I guess my potatoes will have a reduced yield as so far they’ve had almost no rain since they were planted at the beginning of April.