The forecast earlier in the week for rain on Saturday has changed with the wet weather delayed until late on Saturday night and more rain to follow on Sunday and Monday.
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| Temperature & Rainfall Records 01-11 August 2018 |
The last couple of days have seen some very light drizzly showers which have managed to wet the plant leaves but do nothing at all for the drought conditions.
However, I have managed to plant out our cabbage and cauliflower plants at the allotment.
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| Cauliflower "Aalsmeer" & Cabbage "Sabrosa" |
The planting process involved copious amounts of water. My original plan was to dig a hole with a trowel and fill it with water before planting but digging a hole wasn't possible in the dry ground. The dry soil just fell back into the hole as quickly as it was dug out. The ground had to be watered first before it was even possible to dig a hole with a trowel. What is normally a fairly quick planting job took all afternoon although that did include fixing the hoops in place for the environmesh. Making holes in the ground for the ends of the hoops to slot into wasn't the easiest of tasks in our dry and very hard ground.
Once planted they got another good soaking to settle them into their winter quarters. A nice drop of rain over Sunday and Monday will do them very nicely.
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