1.   Carry out any necessary repairs to the greenhouse, and repaint it if needed, in dry weather.

2.   Cracking in dry weather can be prevented by mulching and ensuring there is a good ground cover.

3.   Keep the area moist in dry weather.

4.   Second, there must be a constant supply of water to the sward even during long spells of dry weather.

5.   Soak drills beforehand and cover the seeds with moist peat or old potting compost in dry weather.

6.   Water pot plants daily during spells of dry weather.

7.   We have just had a long spell of unusually dry weather.

8.   Exceptionally dry weather over the past year had cut agricultural production.