Kathy wrote:

We
have found that the plants if not watered daily look like there dyeing,
the leaves all shrivel up and limp and lifeless looking.

Something is wrong here.

a) do you mulch? (2-6" of straw, leaves, clippings or similar)
b) what sort of soil do you have?
c) how deeply is it worked?

In most cases, except in extremes of heat, nearly any vegetable can keep up
with water demand if the water is both present and available and if they
have a healthy root system.

Compost holds 900% its weight in water. Sand holds 2% and clay about 20%.

You are having to water too often. In good soil, with a decent mulch, weekly
or perhaps twice weekly watering should be more than enough. There is no
soil that adding compost to will not improve except one that already has
enough (rare).

Bill
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