April this year was the dryest on record. Ironically, it followed on from one of the wettest winters on record. Most of the potato crop has been planted (I have a few salad potatoes still to plant) but I was so concerned about the lack of rain that on a number of occasions during April we took water down to the smallholding in the land rover. It was not a very efficient use of resources but I was concerned that if water was not applied to the land, the crop could fail. Fortunately, over the past 3 days we have had some rain. And we have also had the first appearance of the potato plants growing. At last!
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