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No water. No shade. No hope?
Here's my tale of woe. The seedlings were planted and begining to
grow, the seeds I planted were starting to sprout, then the water tap broke! First I should explain my situation a bit. I have two plots in a community garden about six blocks from my home so the broken tap is more than just an inconvenience. I do not drive, so the only method of getting water to my garden is on foot carrying two watering cans and making probably 15 round trips inorder to moisten the soil. Other mitigating factors a Did not mulch. No significant rainfall. Relentless heat. It's now been three weeks! Apparently a part had to be ordered and that was the last we heard. The building we get the water from is not ours, so we have no control. By the time I thought of laying mulch the soil was bone dry, so I did not think that it would do much good. On the other hand, having never mulched before I have no actual knowledge to draw from, just ignorant logic. To be honest I have avoided going over for the past week, it's too depressing. Does anyone have some advice or even words of encouragement? I know that there are lots of gardeners here who are probably quite used to these conditions. Is it too late in the game for me to salvage this situation? Thanks for any help! 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! |
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