Standing water at allotments

The following videos were taken on January 27th, 2025 after 36 hours (or so) of rain. The three videos amount to circa. 850MB. It is recommended that you play them via a wi-fi network. Playing them over a mobile network will be costly to you, I guess, unless you have a plan with unlimited mobile data, and therefore should be avoided unless you know better.

Updated map of standing water on the site – 27th Jan 2025.

Minimising effects of standing water

While standing water may not be a great problem in the winter, it can affect you in the early spring. It has occurred before now in early to mid April after sowing / planting has commenced.

Digging gullies around the edge of a plot will help to keep it off the beds, although sections may still be too wet to work. Obviously try to avoid early sowing / planting in such wet areas.