Plant care during the dry spell
Published 8 May 2012 11:00
MANY gardeners may be looking outside at the murky skies and pouring rain, thinking 'Drought? What drought?' But the sad fact is that last year was one of the driest on record, with below-average rainfall for 20 of the past 25 months.
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Plant care during the dry spell
MANY gardeners may be looking outside at the murky skies and pouring rain, thinking 'Drought? What drought?' But the sad fact is that last year was one of the driest on record, with below-average rainfall for 20 of the past 25 months.
