Right, two splashes of rain in six weeks and none forecast for the rest of the month.
Do NOT want to water the plot - nor have plants expiring :'(
Answer (I hope) - mulch, mulch, mulch. It's got to the stage where I can't bear to see a scrap of bare earth on the plot! Some mulching efforts to date :)
New plot acquired in December, squash through black plastic (straw paths):
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e220/supersprout/IMG_0100.jpg)
Scorzonera and other winter roots, leaves from last year, and an old shower curtain keeping bare soil moist waiting for salsify plugs to go in shortly:
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e220/supersprout/IMG_0098.jpg)
Newly planted out leeks, leaves again:
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e220/supersprout/IMG_0096.jpg)
Bean bed, spent hops and a few leaves:
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e220/supersprout/IMG_0097.jpg)
Beans, tomatoes and jerusalem artichokes in straw:
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e220/supersprout/IMG_0099.jpg)
Good news - the council have just delivered a pile of wood chippings. I'll put these on the paths to bring them up to the level of the beds to minimise evaporation from the sides and ends, then re-cover with straw. That should show this pesky weather ::)
I don't have any pics, but I go mad with it as well when I have beds empty; the only exception is when I'm planning to put in small seeds. I put on 11 barrowloads of grass cutting yesterday, and I've still got a load more to put on where I lifted the rest of the onions.
It was one of your pictures that first gave me the idea Robert - remember this? ;D
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,57/topic,18554.0