What an amazing day. We went from 37.5 degrees Celsius around midday to a heavy rain shower from large, grey ominous clouds. Very much like a tropical climates.This was great for the garden with around 15mm recorded around town. Some of the larger trees and shrubs were weighed down with the rain on their branches. … Continue reading January Rain →

This last fortnight or so around Christmas we have been experiencing what the local fishermen call The Black Easterly.The weather has been warm, quite comfortable actually with lots of cloud cover and rather overcast with a strong wind from the east, hence the term Black Easterly. This is apparently caused around this time of the … Continue reading Garden Update →

I have decided it could prove an interesting exercise to stop ignoring the weeds in the garden and to allow them to grow and do an audit of those that I can identify. The first thing I have noticed is that once you allow weeds to grow beyond any stage where you might initially identify … Continue reading Garden Weed Audit →

I spent a little time this evening wandering the garden hand watering. I find that watering with the watering can makes time for me to observe what is happening in the garden and to notice the daily changes. And at this time of the year there are lots of daily changes.For instance. The choko on … Continue reading Garden Update & Observations →