{"id":20610,"date":"2016-07-23T17:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-grow-vegetables-in-wet-summers-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2016-07-23T17:26:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T10:26:50","slug":"how-to-grow-vegetables-in-wet-summers-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-grow-vegetables-in-wet-summers-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"How to grow vegetables in wet summers | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPeppers may sulk, tomatoes will grow too green and hide their fruit, but some things thrive in such weather, says Alys Fowler What do you do when the days are slate-grey and muggy, when the pavements are damp-stained and puddles are slicked with substances you don\u2019t care to think about? You make the most of it. Yes, June was largely a washout. In such weather, peppers sulk, tomatoes grow too green and hide their fruit, and slugs devour wet-handkerchief lettuce \u2013 but\u00a0some things thrive.Few vegetables like sitting in water, and it\u2019s questionable whether you should eat anything that has done so. Flooding is part of our weather pattern these days: if your beds regularly turn into ponds, futureproof them by raising them. However, if it\u2019s a case of wet soil rather than flooding, you must work with the right plants. Continue reading…
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