On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 00:39:57 -0400, Noydb
wrote:

Joanne ... mulch. Heavily. Make any water you ARE able to provide work
harder. Mulch will collect the dew better than bare ground and channel it
down toward the ground. Moreover, having mulch piled on helps keep the soil
cooler and that is good for the roots.

It is almost always a good idea to mulch all the soil in the garden except
the paths and there are even good reasons to mulch them, too. Just grab
whatever is available and get a thick layer of it down. (NOT plastic!)

Clearly, until you can get water to the ground, no answer is going to
provide complete relief ... but mulching the beds will be a huge help!

Bill

Thanks Bill!

jcm

Toronto, Canada
Canadian zone 5b, U.S. zone is apparently 4b

I'm just trying to find my way amongst the forest of diverse information.

Thanks to global warming it's bloody hot here!