It would seem I’m always doing other thing these days, although I can honestly say the weather is what is keeping me from the garden at the moment. The rain has been horrendous. Not of epic flood proportions but it is like you are being watched over by a practical joker who likes to pour buckets of water over you the moment you leave the house. It is that heavy rain with fat rain drops that saturates you within minutes, so it isn’t even a matter of pushing through, unless you want to come down with a cold.
So I have to satisfy myself with my nostalgia. It is amazing the things change in four years and the things dont….
I’m supposed to be doing other things.
But it’s been a funny week weather wise. Even the weather people don’t seem to know what is going on because the three day forecast seems to change several times a day and the bright sunshine I was looking forward to yesterday didn’t happen, and the sunshine icon keeps being shuffled along further into the week. At this point Friday has the sunshine icon – but we will have to wait until Friday to see what actually happens. It’s all a bit crazy.
First there was so much rain that the garden was ankle deep in water, so any weekend gardening was out of the question. Which was fine, because the weekend was pretty full on with non-gardening activities.
Then came the fog. The Joeyosaurus had a rugby game on Saturday morning and as they are still only little chaps, they only play on a third of the field, yet the fog was so bad we couldn’t see across to the other side.
Next came the grey – go nowhere day that is neither warm nor really cold, but the kind of day you just settle down in front of the fire with a bowl of hot soup. This was a good day for the garden – not because I gardened, but because we came into the possession of some unusual trees. Hubby the Un-Gardeners parents arrived bearing gifts of the best kind – green ones! We received a coffee tree, a tea tree, a pine nut tree and a macadamia tree. I should probably spend this restless energy today finding out the best way to plant these to ensure a bountiful harvest when the time comes.
As I don’t really believe the weather report, and it’s not actually raining, and the ground has stopped making that sucking noise it makes as the water drains away, I should get out there and spend an hour or so, because this could be the nicest weather we get all week – who knows? But then again – it is a bit cold. Maybe I’ll just go out and have a quick look…
Ok I admit it. There is nothing like getting out there in the garden to shake the cobwebs out. I should have done it hours ago. Not only am I warmed up, I’m rearing to go. I dug over the old tomato bed – soon to be garlic and onion bed and was encouraged by what I found: Worms! Lots of worms. Which means the soil must be good. Although it was a little wet and claggy so I will need to deal with that, so my cloves don’t rot. But that is something for another day. For now I must get on to the inside task I was struggling with earlier.
Come again soon – my garden always needs something done – regardless of the weather.
Sarah the Gardener : o )
Well this seasons tomatoes were out long ago and although I haven’t dug the bed over yet to prepare for onions and garlic – I do have a sneeky cover crop in there – so I’m in control.
I don’t need to stand on a foggy side line anymore as the poor wee Joeyosaurus stopped playing rugby once he got to the level where tackling was called for and he didn’t like the idea of being hurt – I don’t blame him.
Sadly all but the pine nut tree didn’t make it very far in my garden. But I have a do or die attitude towards trees – and many do die. The thing is I want them all, but not all are suited to my conditions, but I can’t help giving it a whirl. You never know, the odd tree may decide it does like my swampy conditions after all.
And we haven’t had a frost yet… It has been too busy raining!
This is the real: Come again soon – I’m going to give myself a wee rest for a week or two from doing things that need to be done, because lets face it – I’m a bit stuffed and there isn’t all that much going on right now. But I will be back.
Sarah the Gardener : o)
Awesome update thank you for sharing have a blessed day
Thanks Linda. : o)
Sarah, I’ve been reading about your heavy rains. I hope you get a break from them soon. Does your boggy soil allow it to drain or do you need to worry about flooding? Holding good thoughts for a break in the rain and some time in the garden.
Hi Alys. I’m not sure how the weather has been in the last couple of weeks as we’ve been away. The soil normally dries after a couple of days if the conditions are right although by late winter early spring it has normally had enough and we get surface flooding, but it provides a good base for the dry summer ahead. The weather is much more settled at the moment, but a lot colder than where we were in Tahiti! I hope your summer is behaving itself.
Cheers Sarah : o)
I’m happy to hear you’ve been away and hope it’s been great fun. Tahiti, eh? It sounds gorgeous. We’re in Victoria, BC this week for a short stay. It’s cool and quite windy, a welcome break from the heat at home.