Vegetables that need little watering ?

Hi,

I've just got my allotment, but it's a fair distance from me and so I'll probably only be able to get down there once a week.

Do you have any suggestions on what veg I can grow that would only need watering once a week during the summer ?

Also, any suggestions on winter veg ? I was thinking about brocoli and cabbage. When should I plant this, and will it grow right through until spring ?

Many thanks.

A thorough watering once a week (or twice in really hot / dry weather) is much better than little-and-often. The plants will put down roots lookign for water, and the heavy watering you give will stay in the lower regions of the soil for several days.

If you water little-and-often the roots grow near the surface, coz its damp there ... and then once the weather gets hot they dry out even DURING the day, and the plants are stressed.

Mulching will help keep the water in the soil, and try to water in the evening (so the sun doesn't evaporate it from the surface)

You could also consider some sort of drip irrigation - a 2L (or larger) fizyy-pop bottle with a small hole underneath - could take a couple of days to drip out?

Pans usually create drainage problems and it is advised to break through them in order to improve drainage.