On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 18:19:57 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote:

The message
from "Alan Holmes" contains these words:


Lucky you, at least you have had some rain, there's been very little
here in
East Berks, and nothing is growing well, in fact some things have died off!

I was horrified at the state of drought visible in Berryfields garden
on Gardeners World last night. We've had a lovely summer but no effects
like that.

Imagine trying to start a garden in clay soil with virtually no rain for
months and very high temperatures for almost 2 months solid. Oh and add
in what feels like the world's biggest slug and snail population. I am
amazed anything has grown in my garden. Berryfields is an oasis
compared to my little effort.

Down the road from me is a large group of reservoirs run by Thames
Water. In order to maintain supplies they are draining one of them off -
the level is several feet below normal and I expect we will very soon
see the bottom! A very strange sight.
--
Paul C