The hot topic of conversation these days is the weather, if you will excuse the pun.
People love talking about the weather at the best of times and we certainly seem to be going through that at the moment.
We are in May, for goodness' sake, and still experiencing weather
that in any other year we would have been happy with in February or March.
On the nightly television weather, Hawke's Bay centres have been invariably at the top for the last little while.
However, the glorious weather does also take its toll on the land. Having recently moved out into the country, I have become very aware of that precious commodity - water - and apart from a drizzle here and there, we have not had much rain.
