"Beryl Harwood" wrote in message
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The only good thing is that my water but is full again as I have had to
resort to the hose for a few weeks to prevent everything shrivelling to
death.

The front suffers most as being second one in on a terrace I can't get
the hose round to it and am unable to carry buckets of water.

Beryl

I can't recommend butts too strongly, get another, and another ...

I never carry water more than three or four yards. We fitted a soaker hose
to one butt and ran it round the greenhouse borders, it works a treat!
There's also a timer device which sill fit to the hose so it can be
regulated when we're away.

Magic!

Mary