2023 - What I did today

Haven't done any sowing yet. Unfortunately, for work reasons, I'm not going to be able to grow anything that will have to spend the summer in the greenhouse this year. So no chillies or aubergines, and I'm going to have to be very careful about choosing just a couple of tomatoes that will be happy outside.

If you have an outside tap, you could consider an automatic watering timer with drippers. Screwfix have a cheap timer (about £17) but there are others. Claber drippers are adjustable and you can get a starter kit for 20 plants for about £30. B&Q sell some complete kits  as do lots of other outlets.

You can also get kits that work off water butts.

That's a good thought. My garden is significantly higher than my house (and tap) but I'm sure the systems take that into account. I do want to invest in more water butts at some point too so might be easier to run a system off that. Probably not this year (I still have half the garden to convert to beds!) but a good idea for future years.