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, Farm1
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We've had 6 years of continuous drought where 30 year old trees have
tried to die but been resurrected by 3 days of watering. Last year the
grasshoppers ate just about everything in the garden including
stripping the leaves totally off 2 apples.

I've heard about the dire effect on the Australian wheat harvest, etc.
So worrying.

Maybe this is a silly question, but does 6 years of drought mean 6 years
unbroken sunshine and few if any clouds - or are the clouds up there,
the rain just doesn't come down? (I guess I'm trying to get a picture of
drought in terms of how it works globally, now that there is drought in
so many parts of the world.)

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Klara, Gatwick basin