After the drought of March and April, the plots are now close to being saturated! There was no rain today, but in the past 7 days, over 35mm of rain fell in the area and I suspect that we got even more at the plots. We should install some measuring equipment to get more accurate local readings as the weather, especially rainfall, can be so localised.
This map of Ireland from the Met Éireann
web site shows the amount of rainfall for the past week as a percentage of what we would normally expect (the garden is located in Cloughjordan in the middle of the island - close to the 274% figure). It has been a very rainy period with less than half of the sunshine that we would normally expect.
This
diagram show how much rainfall would be needed to provide the soil with as much water as it could hold (without draining excess away). With a figure of 6mm near Cloughjordan (middle of the map) if the rain continues it will start to saturate the soil, affecting plant growth. Luckily there is better weather on the way - though not great conditions for this time of year.
This map of Ireland from the Met Éireann web site shows the amount of rainfall for the past week as a percentage of what we would normally expect (the garden is located in Cloughjordan in the middle of the island - close to the 274% figure). It has been a very rainy period with less than half of the sunshine that we would normally expect.
This diagram show how much rainfall would be needed to provide the soil with as much water as it could hold (without draining excess away). With a figure of 6mm near Cloughjordan (middle of the map) if the rain continues it will start to saturate the soil, affecting plant growth. Luckily there is better weather on the way - though not great conditions for this time of year.
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