Returned from Cornwall, and still no rain. Looking down the tubes, I estimate the land has lost around 40% of the trees.
‘With just 80.6mm recorded so far for the UK, Spring 2025 is, so far, currently ranking at the driest spring in over a century. The previous record low for the full season was 100.7mm, set in 1852′
It is all the more pleasure therefore to take off the plastic sleeves of the hornbeam hedge alongside the community garden. Hornbeam that never should have survived on this sand soil, planted 2 years ago with plenty of rain for 2 springs, and good mulch. A good perspective.
Kaliwood 