MyWeek - The Watering Can

/MyWeek is an occasional series of posts on what is going on in my day-to-day life./

You may have heard there’s a drought in the UK. Yes, in this country that’s known for its rain and cold and damp, there’s not enough water. And, of course, it’s still raining. It’s just the wrong kind of rain - ie. not in the places where the reservoirs are.

A hosepipe ban was imposed last month in London, among other places. While the weather was cool and still a bit damp, I wasn’t so worried for my garden. But in the last week, summer suddenly decided to come and all my soft planting is starting to shrivel.

We started with one watering can, tottering around the back garden. And then there’s the front garden to do as well. What I always used to think of as a medium-sized garden started to feel like the vast open savannahs of Africa.

The radio said that sales of watering cans have increased by thousands. There has also be a run on water-butts to collect rain of gutters. So this angst is all just part of the zeitgeist.

To increase efficiency, we added a bucket and started to work in relay. I am now beginning to feel like Gerard Depardieu in the film Jean de Florette, rushing desperately from the spring up the valley to his flowers - only without the donkeys.

So don’t ask me how my next novel is going, OK?! I’ve got more troubling things to worry about. "Excusez-mois, mes fleurs….!"