Another
week has gone by with little or no improvement in the weather. April this year was the
coldest for over 30 years and at the moment there’s a possibility that May will
be the coldest for more than 20 years.
One evening we were treated to heavy rain and hail during a thunderstorm. April was very dry with only 4.0mm (0.2in) of rain. I’d like to say that a wetter May has been advantageous but I’m reckoning that our ground will now be too wet to work properly. We’ve had 66.8mm (2.6in) of rain this month so far which is about double the amount we’d normally expect this month.
We did make a little bit of progress at the allotment this week. On Monday we sowed carrots and parsnips. On Tuesday afternoon we just managed to sow some peas before we were rained off for the remainder of the afternoon. The ground was a bit wet for sowing peas so it will certainly be unworkable now after considerably more rain.
The forecast for the rest of May is not that promising with more rain and cold days expected up to the end of the month. There’s even a suggestion that cold northerly winds will make a return. This year is going to be a test of how late many crops can be planted out and still go on to produce a decent harvest.
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I wish there was something I could say or do to make it better for you and Sue, but there's not. At least, I find it interesting. Our weather, in contrast, has been the same, completely normal, for the past two or three weeks.
ReplyDeleteIt is getting to the stage where we are going to have start working at the allotment in the rain and planting out in mud. The weather models aren't forecasting any change before the end of the month.
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