Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations. This week has seen another dry spell so it's watering cans at the ready again. There's no end in sight to the hosepipe ban until, Thames Water inform us, there has been a substantial period of rain.

#SixOnSaturday for 26/09/2026. Pollinators and Projects.

Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations. No sooner had we been celebrating the arrival of rain than it's disappeared again, at least here in the south of England. It would do wouldn't it just as we've installed two additional water butts to collect water from the guttering on the new potting shed.

Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations. Well, we've had rain but of course not really enough to make up for the weeks of drought. Only fellow gardeners will understand the joy that full water butts can bring... One - Finally some beetroot worth harvesting.

#SixOnSaturday for 05/07/2026. Looking back. Looking forward

I was in denial last week when fellow SOSer One Man and his Garden Trowel posted cyclamen, but it’s true. Time marches on and I find that I also have cyclamen to share this week. Only a tiny …

Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations. We had some rain! Okay, it wasn't very much or very prolonged but it was still wet stuff falling from the sky. The forecast shows a few more dry days followed by alonger period of showers. So the watering cans aren't redundant yet and I can't see the hosepipe ban being lifted anytime soon.