It’s not until you start to grow your own veggies do you start to realise how much water they need. Now I have been pretty much aware that for me a water based diet is vital, but I hadn’t ever thought about how much they would need to grow. They need a lot, and our 3 water butts in this weather don’t hold anywhere near enough we have realised particularly in weather as we have currently! They are almost dry, fortunately we are pretty near a tap, so we can run a hose to nearly all the areas of the allotment.
So whilst R is building more beds, as an aside, today we got some all year round carrots in, I am spending nearly the whole time watering, the kale needed so much, as it looked quite sorry for itself today! Once they are all watered, they look so lovely as they all pick up, and their leaves just seem to then start to face the sun. We had the obligatory courgette which if we hadn’t taken would of become a marrow, by tomorrow!! LOL
Bed number 10 ready for carrots!
How much kale???
I have been reading about the therapeutic uses for bathing, Not just a room with a bath, by Dr Keith Souter, is really interesting in regards to how to bath and heal at the same time! I currently have sciatica and he talks about using Sitz baths medicated with either basil, thyme, or nettle, which we have stacks of, or with aromatherapy oils using Eucalyptus, chamomile, or lavender. Sitz baths are where you sit in bathing temperature water which is only 5-6 inches in the bath, or just enough to cover your hips and pelvis. Then you either put your feet into another bath of similar height of water, which is cooler, or you can get out and into the other bath for a minute, and back into your warmer one. Doing this 3 times in all, I will be sitting in the warmer water for about 5-7 mins with 1 minute in the cooler water each time. You can either get a sitz bath or use a babies bath. As with all of these hydrotherapy techniques they say to do them until the condition has completely gone, and a bit of a way beyond, I have been doing a little bit of yoga which has helped as well, just stretching my back out and twisting it a little bit, maybe the 2 together will be just what the doxtor ordered!
Firstly though I did get a bit sunburnt today so I will be having a tepid bath with a few drops of lavender oil in it, which is meant to be very good for the skin!
