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I tried ignoring the weather forecast last night for the week ahead. Even with the volume turned down, the symbols on the screen said it all: Monday - Rain, Tuesday - Rain, Wednesday - Rain… Need I go on?All my sympathies go out to those affected

garden to look good, and for neighbouring plants to complement one another.Walking through my garden this week I was struck by its freshness following a shower. Doesn't rain transform the colour and vigour of plants in a way simply watering by hand never

tiny margin. That was the year 2000 when 6.6mm more rain fell, reaching a total of 1337.3mm.April and June were particularly wet months (the wettest since records began in 1910), with a massive impact on our ability to garden. Many will have given up

flavour at all. Is it just me or are plums everywhere particularly tasteless this year? Perhaps the relentless rain and lack of sun have taken their toll, swelling fruits but making them very 'watery'. Good looks aren't everything. It's flavour I want

the weather forecast to see what's in store for later in the week, but with Wimbledon in full swing surely we can expect rain!But if rain doesn't arrive it really is done to the gardener to make up for the shortfall. A friend of mine took on an allotment

thought: could this summer's heavy rain make a difference to next year's flower colour?).

gardener needs, but as soon as those big, bold blooms open it's bound to rain and shatter the petals. In the blink of an eye it's all over and I've got to wait another year for them to flower again.My problem is that I love plants, and have to admit

the station on some evenings I found myself battling through torrential rain, only to get home and find my garden was still bone dry. And there I was wishfully thinking I'd have an evening off from my summer watering routine!But back to the clover. Perhaps

of different heights and sizes then allows me to group them together into displays.March can be a dry month (apologies if it's raining relentlessly in your area), so do keep ensure your primula pots are kept well watered. Adding an occasional liquid feed won

an incredibly dry spring in my part of the East Midlands, with hardly a drop of rain for months. Farmers and gardeners are getting desperate for a good deluge, and I can openly make that plea now the long holiday weekends are over.The other thing we must all do