Rain On The Way?

Although we are only one week into August it has already been the hottest and driest start to August that I have recorded. 

Temperature & Rainfall Records 01-07 August 2018

Sunday saw the temperature reach 29.3°C (84.7°F) making it into a new last place 20th in my list of top twenty hottest days. This exceptionally hot summer has certainly left its mark on the list, with a total of six entries in the table, it equals the summer of 2013 which also has six entries.

We'd some late winter vegetables growing on at home which were devastated by caterpillars when we were concentrating on watering the plot and not giving enough attention to plants growing at home. That's my excuse anyway. We had enough time to sow another batch of seeds and these have been carefully inspected most mornings for any signs of pests. 

Cauliflower "Aalsmeer" Left & Cabbage "Sabrosa" Right of Picture

These plants are now ready for planting out in the allotment. They're growing quickly at the moment so I'm going to have to work out a way of planting them out even though the ground is very dry. There is some rain in the forecast for next weekend but that would mean holding the plants back for another week and I'm not sure that's a good idea.

10 Day Weather Forecast from Web Site http://www.wetterzentrale.de/

If my adding up is correct that's 21.3mm of rainfall forecast over next weekend and including Monday too. That would be most welcome for both the garden and allotment even if it's a bit late for getting our cabbages and cauliflowers planted out. The rest of this week looks to remain sunny although cooler than the last few days. After the wet weekend forecast, the sunny weather looks set to return later in the week so perhaps the lovely summer isn't going to end just yet.

Copyright: Original post from A Gardener's Weather Diary http://ossettweather.blogspot.co.uk/ author M Garrett