A Welsh Christmas tree farmer has had to invest more than £20,000 to ‘make it rain’ in order to make sure that his business can “get over the worst” of the continued dry spell across the country.
Rob Morgan, owner of Gower Fresh Christmas Trees, invests a huge amount of time and effort into his firm, and is no stranger to the battle of summertime. In the summer of 2018 he said he lost around 10,000 new Christmas trees that he was growing on the land due to a heatwave. You can get the latest WalesOnline newsletters e-mailed to you directly for free by signing up here.
Last summer saw prolonged warm temperatures too, and the last month has seen a consistent period of fine and sunny weather, with the last rainfall in Swansea seen back on May 9. With the hot weather expected to last for at least another nine or 10 days, Mr Morgan has invested £22,000 in a new system which effectively makes it rain on his land by pumping water over his crops.
