| #438 |
Morning all!
Phew, the heatwave has passed and although we had huge amounts of lightening and thunder all round not a drop of rain. Just up the road it flooded... For the first time the heat has started to effect established plants - my young walnut looks a bit ropey with dying crispy leaves and I notice the big mature one over the road has lost most of its leaves. With a week above 35 and three days of 40+ it isn't suprising. Or sustainable - what are we all going to do?
In the next valley the farmers are no longer able to abstract water for irrigation of their crops, meanwhile my neighbour has just started excavations for his holiday home swimming pool. No words.
Rant over
Off to do some topiary, not something I thought I'd be saying ten years ago
and collect some cosmos seeds.
Best wishes to you all.
Phew, the heatwave has passed and although we had huge amounts of lightening and thunder all round not a drop of rain. Just up the road it flooded... For the first time the heat has started to effect established plants - my young walnut looks a bit ropey with dying crispy leaves and I notice the big mature one over the road has lost most of its leaves. With a week above 35 and three days of 40+ it isn't suprising. Or sustainable - what are we all going to do?
In the next valley the farmers are no longer able to abstract water for irrigation of their crops, meanwhile my neighbour has just started excavations for his holiday home swimming pool. No words.
Rant over
Off to do some topiary, not something I thought I'd be saying ten years ago
and collect some cosmos seeds.Best wishes to you all.
Has Anyone Seen the Plot?
Hautes-Pyrénées (65), France
Hautes-Pyrénées (65), France
![[-]](https://gardenandgossip.org/images/zen/collapse.png)