Good grief!
Well we certainly needed some rain hereabouts. It was a pretty dry spring and apart from a damp week in early May, no great quantities since the end of March.
But, really, did it all have to arrive at once? On Wednesday my strawberry bed had been transformed into a swamp. Since then another 24 hours of heavy rain and at times very heavy rain. Strawberries don't ripen well under an inch of mud!
Certainly not all bad news. Actually I think most vegetables will not be badly affected - root crops especially. My celeriac are looking superb. The drop in temperatures has paused the previous rapid growth of squashes and courgettes but I'm sure they'll recover. Onions, beans and brassicas not seriously affected. Just a bit sad to to have the tastiest fruit damaged.
