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A Common Lizard

July 31, 2012 by kate · Leave a Comment
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18th July 2012 – Allotment Plot 326 – Heavy rain showers were falling. Ella Montt stood in the doorway of the cramped shed waiting for the rain to ease. The ground was wet and would be muddy if any digging was about to occur. When the rain eased off slightly, EM moved from the shelter [...]

Parched Earth, Rain Fall

April 30, 2012 by kate · Leave a Comment
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2nd April 2012, at Allotment Plot 326 the parched Earth was resigned to the tight grip that Drought had on the soil. The grip was in the process of tightening. The soil was cracking. Blossoms enclosed in tight buds were forming on the fruit trees and bushes, but the young Plum Tree, planted a year [...]

March, almost without Precipitation

March 25, 2012 by kate · Leave a Comment
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In the human settlement of Reading, the month of March 2012 was without Precipitation apart from on the 4th March. Even before the month was over it was possible for Ella Montt to gaze in to the crystal ball and see that the forecast contained no evidence that Precipitation would occur in that time period. [...]

Winter Drought

February 29, 2012 by kate · Leave a Comment
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The Allotment Plots are sitting in an area experiencing a two-year winter drought. On the 9th February at Allotment Plot at MERL, it was a cold, dull, grey day. The ground was dry and frigid. Evaporation was methodically drying the soil. The recent weather conditions had been a mixture of bright sunshine, frost, snow and [...]