Will Hand wrote:


So to summarise, a lot of dry weather on offer again this week, especially in
the south, increasing water stress issues in some areas.


The showery rain long predicted for the SW over Fri/Sat, associated
with that shallow low has certainly failed to materialise. Lovely sunny
morning here.

Despite the wet May, the very dry June (9.7mm so far) prolonged
sunshine, and often breezy conditions means that the gardens/fields are
now drier than at any time last year. So although the resevoirs are
currently OK, that may well change quickly. When the broccoli planting
starts (Mount's Bay is basically a market gardening area,
flowers/potatoes/brocolli etc) the fields are goint to be full of
sprinklers. That wasn't necessary last year.

By the way, virtually no haymaking here these days. Almost all
environmentally damaging silage. Even the potato fields are all covered
in black plastic, to get them ready that few days earlier.

Graham
Penzance