Kitchen Garden

PUT AN END TO WATERING WOES

Holidays for many gardeners revolve around their plants. Just when do you get away in the summer and still be confident when you return that you’ll still have some edible crops to come home to? But even if you decide to put off your hols until the winter, those of us with full time jobs or who like to get out and about are always a little in fear of what a hot, dry day might be doing to plants in the greenhouse or polytunnel. Did I water the tomatoes?

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