{"id":1699,"date":"2018-07-16T16:36:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T16:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/?p=1699"},"modified":"2022-09-19T12:21:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T12:21:32","slug":"uk-droughts-july-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"UK droughts July 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

UK droughts July 2018<\/p>\n

We are having a bad year, starting 3 weeks ago, we have had no rain ! its a drought.<\/p>\n

Located in the center of the UK, we always seem to miss the rain. We have had no water in the taps for 2 Sunday evenings in a row. Not sure if the water companies are reducing the pressure to reduce the demand. Some parts of the UK are having rain and coping well.<\/p>\n

But as we do not irrigate our orchards or nursery beds, we are open to what nature throws at us. The photos below illustrate the problem, to great effect. These are newly planted 2017\/18 fruit trees, that have died.As we are heavy clay, the ground just opens up like an earthquake.<\/p>\n

In some instances, it is not so\u00a0 much the water loss in the soil. It is\u00a0 the intense heat during the day time of +30 deg C temperatures. The tips of the branches get burnt (similar to fire blight) the leaves turn all crunchy, and gradually the tree dies from the top down.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UK droughts July 2018 We are having a bad year, starting 3 weeks ago, we have had no rain !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[890,20,891,889,484,888,385],"class_list":["post-1699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fruit-and-nut-growing-experiences","tag-dead","tag-drought","tag-intense","tag-scorh","tag-sun","tag-sunburn","tag-temperature","comments-off"],"yoast_head":"\nUK droughts July 2018 - The BLOG of www.gb-online.co.uk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK droughts July 2018 - The BLOG of www.gb-online.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UK droughts July 2018 We are having a bad year, starting 3 weeks ago, we have had no rain !\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The BLOG of www.gb-online.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-16T16:36:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-19T12:21:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/drought-2018.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1566\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2321\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"qwertyqweryt61\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"qwertyqweryt61\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/uk-droughts-july-2018\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/uk-droughts-july-2018\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"qwertyqweryt61\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bc29a888c6a0474ddcf37157425396e6\"},\"headline\":\"UK droughts July 2018\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-16T16:36:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-19T12:21:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/uk-droughts-july-2018\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":179,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/uk-droughts-july-2018\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/drought-2018.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"dead\",\"drought\",\"intense\",\"scorh\",\"sun\",\"sunburn\",\"temperature\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Fruit and Nut growing experiences\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/uk-droughts-july-2018\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/uk-droughts-july-2018\\\/\",\"name\":\"UK droughts July 2018 - The BLOG of www.gb-online.co.uk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/uk-droughts-july-2018\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/uk-droughts-july-2018\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/drought-2018.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-16T16:36:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-19T12:21:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bc29a888c6a0474ddcf37157425396e6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/uk-droughts-july-2018\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/uk-droughts-july-2018\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/uk-droughts-july-2018\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/drought-2018.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/drought-2018.jpg\",\"width\":1566,\"height\":2321},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/uk-droughts-july-2018\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UK droughts July 2018\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"The BLOG of www.gb-online.co.uk\",\"description\":\"Fruit and Nut growing experiences (trials and tribulations)\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bc29a888c6a0474ddcf37157425396e6\",\"name\":\"qwertyqweryt61\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4d40622f5a39372ef55e128c27bba270ddfecd96e4203c819199ef2737946644?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4d40622f5a39372ef55e128c27bba270ddfecd96e4203c819199ef2737946644?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4d40622f5a39372ef55e128c27bba270ddfecd96e4203c819199ef2737946644?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"qwertyqweryt61\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gb-online.co.uk\\\/gb-wordpress\\\/author\\\/qwertyqweryt61\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UK droughts July 2018 - The BLOG of www.gb-online.co.uk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"UK droughts July 2018 - The BLOG of www.gb-online.co.uk","og_description":"UK droughts July 2018 We are having a bad year, starting 3 weeks ago, we have had no rain !","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/","og_site_name":"The BLOG of www.gb-online.co.uk","article_published_time":"2018-07-16T16:36:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-19T12:21:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1566,"height":2321,"url":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/drought-2018.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"qwertyqweryt61","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"qwertyqweryt61","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"qwertyqweryt61","@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/bc29a888c6a0474ddcf37157425396e6"},"headline":"UK droughts July 2018","datePublished":"2018-07-16T16:36:04+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-19T12:21:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/"},"wordCount":179,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/drought-2018.jpg","keywords":["dead","drought","intense","scorh","sun","sunburn","temperature"],"articleSection":["Fruit and Nut growing experiences"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/","name":"UK droughts July 2018 - The BLOG of www.gb-online.co.uk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/drought-2018.jpg","datePublished":"2018-07-16T16:36:04+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-19T12:21:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/bc29a888c6a0474ddcf37157425396e6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/drought-2018.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/drought-2018.jpg","width":1566,"height":2321},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/uk-droughts-july-2018\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UK droughts July 2018"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/","name":"The BLOG of www.gb-online.co.uk","description":"Fruit and Nut growing experiences (trials and tribulations)","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/bc29a888c6a0474ddcf37157425396e6","name":"qwertyqweryt61","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d40622f5a39372ef55e128c27bba270ddfecd96e4203c819199ef2737946644?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d40622f5a39372ef55e128c27bba270ddfecd96e4203c819199ef2737946644?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d40622f5a39372ef55e128c27bba270ddfecd96e4203c819199ef2737946644?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"qwertyqweryt61"},"url":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/author\/qwertyqweryt61\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1700,"href":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1699\/revisions\/1700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gb-online.co.uk\/gb-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}