Thanks for the tip Charles, will increase the watering until we get some wet weather to see if that helps.
Dave – the garden’s not particularly large (about 5m x 6m give or take), and I’ve had to strike a balance between growing space and grass for the family to use. Conscious that this isn’t my thread so I don’t want to steal focus! I’ve attached a couple of pics for Lottie to show what I’ve done.
Left side bed is the last of this year’s bell peppers, with a couple of plants that I managed to over-winter from last year. I’m not expecting much from them now, but I’ll leave them in just in case we have a mild winter. There’s some curly kale and some spuds further back, with onion sets and garlic right at the back for over wintering too.
Right side is broccoli and lettuce. Everything was planted in pots at the start of the year and transferred to the beds in early September with the exception of the lettuces which were all garden centre bought at the same time as the compost and now cropping nicely 3-4 weeks later, and the spuds which were surplus spuds from a relative’s allotment.
Hope this helps 🙂