tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525504029788808462.post7198347765176070689..comments2023-04-08T03:24:41.810-04:00Comments on Orchards Forever: Blessings of the Summer Solstice!Peghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475357428284192754noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525504029788808462.post-6244232698296966762008-06-26T08:56:00.000-04:002008-06-26T08:56:00.000-04:00I recall a very hot, dry summer spell in 1989, whe...I recall a very hot, dry summer spell in 1989, when I was living in Oxford...the lawns at Trinity College were like straw, and the gardeners, unused to such weather, did not know not to water them in the middle of the afternoon, so the lush grass got scorched. These hot spells are much more the norm, now, which is sad and scary to me.<BR/><BR/>Green and pleasant land, gone brown and drab?Peghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475357428284192754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525504029788808462.post-14656059555323902492008-06-25T06:01:00.000-04:002008-06-25T06:01:00.000-04:00Wet here - second miserable summer in a row here. ...Wet here - second miserable summer in a row here. The British climate has shifted to wet, mild summers with the odd heatwave/drought thrown in every few years, and dryish, mild winters without any snow, or, increasingly, any frost.Bohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333815636018847583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525504029788808462.post-4066332264250993862008-06-22T10:13:00.000-04:002008-06-22T10:13:00.000-04:00It was brutal here last week but not so bad now......It was brutal here last week but not so bad now...though after a too-dry spring the summer is shaping up to be too rainy...the mulch on my flower beds is going moldy!Peghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475357428284192754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525504029788808462.post-20643766169784405322008-06-20T18:21:00.000-04:002008-06-20T18:21:00.000-04:00Congrats all around!We're in the 90's and it's "to...Congrats all around!<BR/>We're in the 90's and it's "too hot" by 8 am. I was going to take a solstice morning hike, but we will see.Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912163929816619485noreply@blogger.com