Cold but sunny

Hi Marguerite, you make me envious with talk of temperatures at 26! I had hoped for a better summer here this year, but it just seems to be a repeat of last year, wet! and temperatures struggling to get to the high teens! Oh well, at least I don`t have to do too much watering, but I`d rather have some sun!

I agree with you Andrea the last summer was a wash out, & this summer not much better, dont know about you the other week it struggled to get to 13 in the day, but we dont have to do much watering.But rather have the sun and just a nice day to sit & enjoy what we've done in the garden.

Such a shame - July already and no sign of summer yet. Most days I am in long sleeves and maybe even a thin fleece too! Be grateful for your temps, Marguerite!

Oh well from 30 C in sunny Hungary I guess I can't complain even though watering is a bit of a chore. We have no automatic watering system. Thankfully we don't have watre shortages here because there are many underground springs (at least we are not aware if there are any restrictions, what's the Hungarian for water rationing??? eek don't know, it will be viz something). Your winter temps sound very pleasant Marguerite but I don't envy you your summer temps. We really struggle when it gets to 35-40 C. It really is too hot to move.

That is unfortunate. Watering restrictions can be a real pain. The southeast US is in a severe drought also and we have had water restrictions for 3 years now in this area. We are about 10 miles from the largest reservoir in the state and it is starting to slowly come back up with a low level of 28 feet below full. They even found a boat that had disappeared over 10 years ago! Lucky for me watering is allowed on homegrown fruits and vegetables. So I can water as needed, just not the lawn. Okay with me!

Hi Crispook, I think I'll come and stay with you for a while. I love 30C and even up to 38 I feel great. It's been miserable here and I can sympathise with the others here, because I now know what it means to have rain and cloud and no warm sunshine to caress your bare arms and face. It's right out depressing. Right now it is 4.30 pm and it's so dark I need the light on. It gets dark here at 6 pm just about every day, and sunrise the same. But I call it lightrise, because the sun was nowhere to be seen. We walked on the beach and it was light enough and warm enough 21C, but I had an umbrella over my head, LOL. The dogs didn't mind at all, they even went in the water. I now have a sniffy nose and I feel like running away to somewhere warm. Hungary is not so close though! I guess with you when you say too hot to move, you must have a fair bit of humidity, which could make it unpleasant. Perhaps I come and do some gardening for you now....
Thank you for all your reactions!

Hi Marguerite. You are welcome to visit. I guess we feel the heat because we are Brits & heat is not in our blood. It's a lot less humid here than UK, but it's all relative. When I visited Mongolia I realised what "dry" meant.

If water is in short supply do you, collect rainwater in water butts and recycle shower and bath water? It helps.

Sure thing. We shower together ( lol ). I have a HUGE watertank underneath the front lawn and it has never been empty. All the water off the roof gets collected and filtered and lead into that tank. I use it for watering or fishpond and we have two rainwater taps in the house as well. The rest is from the mains water supply. I would like to recycle more, but to change the system is very costly. In new houses this system is added and gray water gets recycled. Most country houses have a new septic tank system and the effluent water is filtered and pumped onto the garden automatically. It comes at a price, and also needs maintaining every so often. But all for saving water.