Bob Hobden wrote:

This drought is getting serious now.
We have had no proper rain for two months with only one small useless
shower in that time that I can remember. Been watering our allotment since we
put in the Shallots and Onion sets in the beginning of March. For us,
watering in March and April is unheard of! Now we have a lot of stuff planted we
are watering almost daily as if it's the height of summer, even plants that
should cope like old currant bushes are having to be watered, and the
ground is bone dry to quite a depth.
How is everyone else coping?

We had some rain during March, but nothing really heavy and according
to the local paper, we've had just 6.3mm in the past 5 weeks. With
most days over 21C and wall to wall sunshine on all but 3 days this
month, everything here is getting parched. I've had to drench heavily
with the hose almost every day in order to keep plants on the move.
Normally, I don't have to start watering daily until mid/end of May,
but there's nothing normal about this year.