It's been incredibly dry this summer and we've had very little rain. Elsewhere in the UK, they have but down on the South Coast nothing.
I've been watering the veg pots from the water butts and an occasional hose when the whole garden needs it and now all three barrels are almost empty. Hoping desperately for rain tomorrow - there's some forecast but we've not had much more than a light shower for weeks, so I'm hoping for a good drenching.
While we all enjoy the summer sunshine - we really do need the rain for plants to grow. The courgettes and tomatoes are just about surviving but the broad beans and mangetout have suffered from the dry weather and while I've had a few mangetouts (the slugs and snails didn't help) sadly no broad beans this year. At least not from my little plot.
Will be recycling the shower water next.
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