Kitchen Garden Forum

Some rain here over the weekend so hopefully enough along with the hosing I will do tomorrow. Doesn't look that promising except for overnight Saturday so fingers crossed enough to keep the wee plants happy. I will set up some stakes & dripper bags I think for the more important big guys, runners etc. Doesn't seem too much change in the near future so best give them as much help as I can.

As much as I would like to finish the job I was doing outside I am moving to plot 2 to clear the last beds. I doubt I'll get to many sows done but if I can hoe the weeds, water & cover them with black plastic to keep them a bit damp it will be easier to deal with when I can as it's damn hard work when it dries.

With the gusty winds, the little seedlings are drying out too fast. This is not helped by the fact that compost is so crap these days, it forms a hard crust on the top. The potted on ones are doing better, as I've mixed some home made compost into the store bought to improve the texture. Lots of volunteer tomatoes popping up!!