Answer:
The weather has been hot and dry.
Explanation:
When the narrator goes outside he says that the Sun blinded him, and this means is sunny and hot outside, he also tells you that the garden seems poor, dry, it´s doesn´t look green and alive, despite his efforts in watering the garden, and the brief rain, for a garden to look poor, and sad, it takes several days to dry out, this means that the previous days the weather has been hot and dry.
