Jim G wrote ...
"Doug" wrote "Christina Websell" wrote:
If it doesn't stop raining in Leics. Throwing down all day again, had a
bit of a break for an hour or so, and back to it.
Will it ever stop?

I seem to remember that when you were all worrying about drought in the
UK,
I said it would sort itself out. It has, just like I knew it would ;-)
Maybe not quite like we wanted exactly.

The length of time it has been raining virtually every day for months
on end is unbelievable. Long-term records have been broken. I am
strongly tempted to think it is due to global warming causing weather
extremes. How else can you account for it? Anyway, it makes gardening
very difficult that is for sure and food producers must be going
frantic.

Doug.

I grow my potatoes in pots and plastic boxes in the back yard. Had
secretary of local allotment society call to collect an item I was giving
away and his comments were, "you've got a better crop than most on the
allotments".

Makes one feel on top of the world....!!

Jim G
Be careful, you may yet get Blight, all our potatoes have this last week and
I've cut the tops of them all.
Prior to that they were growing better then I've ever seen with very thick
strong hulms which is always a good sign and the earlies have been fantastic
croppers.
Strange thing is not everyone on the allotments is affected, probably 50% so
far. The two ladies from Madeira who grow a high percentage of potatoes
don't seem affected at all, I'm wondering what variety they both grow, they
have both told me they mostly grow stuff from their homeland.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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