Surviving summer in the garden

Fiann Ó Nualláin offers simple, home remedies for prickly heat, heat cramps and heat exhaustion

WITH climate change continuing to evolve, it looks like we are in for a roll of the dice each new year on whether or not the summer will be a wash-out, or a drought.

But following on from recent temperature climbs and heatwaves I thought it timely to look at how we might develop some skills to survive hot summers — so over this week and next, I’ll look at what tricks we can employ. This week is about helping people and next week’s column is on how to save our plants from heat stress.