Fifty-six-year-old Danny Jones has been farming all his life and has seen many summers.

But when The Sunday Gleaner caught up with him as he sat under a tree on the acreage he plants cucumbers in at Top Hill, St Elizabeth, his eyes were weary as he contemplated another hot day while gazing at his crops drying up in the field.

His voice bristled with anger as he cut his eyes at the now-defunct Top Hill Water Shop, where high grass told a story of a project seemingly abandoned.