As of yesterday, over 10 million of us across London, the Thames Valley and the Home Counties are living with a hosepipe ban. Thames Water made the call after one of the driest springs in living memory, followed by a June that broke heat records — and it's the right call. Rivers and reservoirs need the break, and so, if we're honest, do our gardens. We know the timing feels cruel. Mid-summer, gardens at their thirstiest, and now the hose is off-limits for anything beyond the
