Hosepipe Ban

@Marley Farley , how long does it take for the woodchips to rot down? Do you find them to be good for improving the soil?

 

Well it sure wouldn`t be Judy`s ..............

 

Mmm - I think they might suit me better here as pathways through some of the wilder parts of the site... it would be the acidity I`d worry about, but they would make a good surface to walk on I think

 

Thanks @Marley Farley

 

Surely acidity is the last of your worries, so much easier to correct than the other way round.

 

Well that`s true Pete, but if I weigh up the fact that the peat plus I use doesn`t upset the PH and it feeds and improves the soil too (which is needed) my thinking is I would be better off sticking with plan A. It`s easy enough for me to get hold of wood chips, but maybe they would do the pathways better.

 

Oh dear, I've just been reading forecasts that this heatwave weather is going to last all through August and is likely to break all sorts of records.

 

Forget any forecasts. "They" know nowt about future weather. Weather changes so quickly but whatever will be will be.

 

Five or six weeks now with no rain ,it’s now the survival of the fittest.
Just concentrating watering the best plants.........I’m afraid there will be deaths.
It’s the bedding that’s suffering most.......but the Cannas are loving it.

Plantsmen have been warning us for some time ,but they have been wrong.....till now.