The drought has returned to Hawkes Bay with no rain for weeks. I had noticed the paddocks and hills getting drier each Friday when I returned. The hills are slowly turning beige.
The vineyards and orchards are now being irrigated and the summer planted seed has not germinated so the farmers troubles continue here.
They reckon it will take at least 3 years for Hawkes Bay farmers to recover from the last drought which ended in June so hopefully we will get rain soon!
Our lawn has gone beige too so it will probably not be green again until after Easter. At least it saves on mowing and petrol!
The tomatoes keep growing....
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