tallbloke wrote[QUOTE] I mean my soil has got dry. My growing patch is on the edge of a diused cutting so it tends to drain well. The moisture retention is improving though, since I have improved the soil with manure and compost.[/QUOTE] In the least week or so we have had a bit of rain down here and the worms have risen to the surface and left literally lines of casts, very pretty in the afternoon light it is.