A late reply.... but none the less- here goes. You have planted incorrectly. That is, you should not interplant plants that like little water (dry) with heavy water consumers. This is part of the idea of companion planting - where you plant plants with similar needs, or plants that benefit each other in the same area. For example: carrots and tomatoes work well together; they have similar water requirements and they like the same type of soil. Further carrots are tap rooted and tomatoes have roots like fibers; this means you can plant them closer together and they should not bother each other. On the other hand a rosemary should not be planted near a tomato since rosemary is a "dry herb" and does not want to be as wet as the tomato. Your dry herbs are : rosemary. oregano. tarragon. thyme, marjoram and lavender (plus artesima/wormwood etc). Watering requirement approximate this for most vegetables: about 1.5 inches of water per week... maybe more, maybe less; it depends on a lot of factors. Look up by vegetable how much water is needed--- then use this calculation to figure out how to put that much water on: The calculations below are a good starting point; but watering needs change based on the weather (lots of dry heat means lots of water lost to evaporation, overcast and damp means very little water will "dry off") -- so you do need to adjust; but the calculations below might give you some idea of where to start. Let's say you have a garden bed that is 4' x 6' And lets say you want to put in two inches of water. So how much water is that ? First let's calculate the area of your bed in inches squared area = 4' x 6' area in inches = 48" x 72" area in inches = 3456 square inches So we want to cover 3456 square inches of garden with 2 inches of water So what we really need is the VOLUME (cubic inches) of water we need to cover this area Volume of water needed = 3456 sq inches of garden x 2" of water Volume of water needed = 6912 cubic inches of water ---> but what is a cubic inch of water in a measurement I understand ? Using a google app to convert cubic inches of water to gallons we input the number of cubic inches and it tells us what that is in gallons. So you need to add 30 gallons of water to have watered your 4' x 6' plot with 2 inches of water
- Celeste