"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2011-05-19 10:34:49 +0100, "Kathy" said:

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 May 2011 08:27:31 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

"David in Normandy" wrote ...

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I've emptied the well twice now irrigating the garden. Sooner or later
it
won't recover then my vegetables will stop growing, run to seed or
die.


The only saving grace here is that being near the River Thames we have
a
high water table, if we were on high ground I think we might just give
up
this season.

The Rhine is the lowest it has been since 1922.
The lack of rain in The Netherlands is causing the North Sea canal to
become saline.

Here in Suffolk it is so dry that they are talking of banning the
farmers from extracting water from the rivers for irrigation.

Someone told Ray they'd seen a frost in part of Suffolk just last week, I
believe.

Yes, there was a light frost - caught the tops of our early potatoes. Not a
lot of damage and they are recovering.

--
Kathy