Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Farway

Usual baking day, it was nice first thing when I went for my prescription, but soon flipped into gas mk 8

2P, hope the little yellow tom turns out tasty, shame about the courgette, but it's early days as you say. My golden balls are just starting to get into it, but can't seem to synchronise boys & girls to come out to play at the same time, I've two plants so did hope they would play fair and give each other a helping hand. Maybe lezbeanism is catching 😁?

High hopes for tom Paul Robeson, he's already twice the size of Divinity, but in true beefsteak tom fashion, a bit shy on fruit. I only have one set so far

Far too hot for any gardening, unless emergency watering. Unlike GB who has sorted the irrigation, just in time as well as the heat may go on & on for another week or so, allegedly

Not managed to photo any birds or butterflies, too quick for me…

Not prize winning, but here's the self sown toms in cat poo trough. Like 2P i have no idea what final outcome will taste like, but my interim variety name is Felix Drop F1 😂

greenbee

Hose pipe ban here - just as well I got the siphon working. Starts at 1.01am tomorrow morning so I will aim to give all the beds a good soak tonight, but now the siphon is working, I won't fill the IBCs up from the hose :)

twopenny

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82064621#Comment_82064621

What sort of syphon Greenbee? Did you buy it or make it? Any photos?

I use the bathwater too but I'm not to lift heavy things and it takes forever to use a jug into a bucket.

It's 34c out there in the cool spot 🥵

greenbee

@twopenny https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/127938623633 - I found a length of hose that reaches from the bath to the patio, and there's a hose from the patio to the IBCs. Obviously if you have a water butt under the bathroom window it's even easier! You do need to make sure that the hose is completely full of water (not air) and I couldn't put the whole hose in the bath to fill it. Nor can I fill it from the bathroom tap even with an adapter as it has a stupid tap. So I dragged the tap-connected hose up through the bathroom window, filled everything with water, and swapped it over with the siphon under water. I'm just hoping there's not too much air in it when I try to start it after my next bath, as I will need all that bathwater for the veg plot!