> On 11 Aug 2022, at 21:24, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I […] > In south eastern England there is a chalk substrate, so groundwater literally > disappears into the ground when there is a shortage of rain. It is also the > most highly populated part of the British Isles. When there are complaints of > a drought, it is mainly this part that is suffering.
We have lots of flint though, so when climate change has dragged everyone back to the Stone Age we’ll be laughing. I have a (very dry*) allotment now and when I took it over about a month ago the Lord of the allotment explained how it has a good loamy topsoil, then some clay, then chalk all the way to Australia. They received a colossal water bill last year because there was a huge mains leak that would have flooded anywhere else, but just drained into the chalk without anyone noticing a problem. *no hosepipes allowed even in normal weather, so if you’ve ever seen the film Jean de Florette you’ll have an idea of what’s it like to keep it watered. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
