Posted: Sunday 14 January, 2007
Now, I would always claim to be impervious to gadgets, but it's not really true. So, I have to confess to having a new gadget - a pH meter. Now, those of you who are experienced gardeners might be shocked, nay, horrified, that we haven't invested in this piece of equipment before, but there you go.
I've always suspected that our soil is too acid for some of out crops to grow as well as they could and now I have the technology (costing about a fiver) to confirm this (or not).
So I expect to be liming this season and, in response, getting bumper crops.
If it ever dries up enough to get outside without flippers on...
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