A nice rain overnight, but it will only start the weed seeds that have been lurking in the dry top soil. I have been watering newly planted stuff a bit longer than usual, I'm one of those who just starts them off really, leaving the roots to go down and find their own. The stuff looks good apart from the onions, but then their roots don't seem to go down very far and they were cheap sets. Back to seed again next year. Digging up a few spuds has shown there is still moisture down below. Carrots did not seem to want to germinate this year so I put in a couple more rows, now after last weekends showers and a bit of heat every row has started showing.