Water Works

So the $500 cabbage's scond set of leaves (or leaf) is coming on nicely. Nothing else in the first two trays has sprouted yet but there is some movement on the beans i put in the thrid tray last weekend. I forgot to change the camera to macro mode so this photo is a bit blurry.


I also fixed the dripping tap. It was broken somehow. When turning it off, you could almost get it to stop dripping then it would 'slip' and suddenly be on full bore again. So I could never turn it off entirely. Anyway the tap seems to be braised on so i couldn't just change that. Anyway, I bought a new tap and used the new innards to fix the old one. So its half shiny. Here's a photo.



I also bought some more bits of 20mm bits that i use to make the manifold for my automatic wtering system. One of the T joints split in the frosts over winter. Anyway I expanded that out to 6 solenoid capacity (mind you I only have 4 solenoids at the moment). It only took about 800 yards of teflon tape but that all seems to be sealed up nicely with no drips now.

I also tied up the lemon tree at last (i ended up using garden twine as I couldn't find the errant stockings). Anyway I am a little worried about the damage caused by the winds knocking it over. I hope its roots are ok. I put some water on it through the course of the day to give it a bit of a boost.

Speaking of 'the day' it was quite warm here today. Tomorrow I am riding into work to keep Ben (not regular Ben another Ben) company while he runs his bike maintenance workshop for new ride-to-workers (seeing how I am ride-to-work king) Actually 'regular' Ben will be there too.