Water harvesting, that is. We are often urged to try and minimise our use of mains water, with the added incentive that many of us are on a metered supply and stand to save money if we do. Save the world or save some money; it sounds good but I don't have high hopes for…
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Thoughts from two hours of shelling peas.
Water and the lack of it will be of concern to all gardeners while this hot weather continues. I’ve seen a couple of myths trotted out already and I haven’t really been looking. Water droplets on foliage do not act as a lens causing scorching. This is nonsense and can be safely ignored. Not that…
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Watering plants in pots.
You can't say it's not topical. I just potted on some of my tomatoes from 10 litre pots into 20’s. I should probably have done all of them, but I thought if I did alternate plants, then stopped the ones in the smaller pots while letting the others grow on, it should even itself out.…
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