Rain gardening?
We're getting a lot of rain. Now into the second day, there are puddles everywhere. Rain is OK, but I wish I'd planted the last of the new shrubs.
Driveway Puddles
So when I get home from swimming this morning I'll put in a muddy token garden appearance, wearing my already muddy gardening pants, and merino top. The Bumble Bee rhododendrons are going on the slope beneath the glass-house. The daffodils are going in a pot on the patio. Easy. The Lavenders are going by the Dog Kennels. The variegated Cordyline is going in a pot somewhere. A large pot. Somewhere.
Looking Over to the Island Bed
That just leaves the deep maroon Phormium, which can on the edge of the Island Bed. Ha! All planted, mentally that is, and not one splatter of mud. Yes!
Two hours later...
No. I didn't go swimming and I'm jolly well not going gardening in cold heavy rain. So there! Have lit the log-burner, put on my slippers, and am listening to Brahms's piano concerto. In my dreams I can actually play it, hee hee.
Thursday 1st May
My goodness. A very noisy night in the cottage (rain on the roof), not sure if Foxie came for food (it was all eaten), no sign of Speckles. Silly Minimus kept waking me up, scratching at the door to go outside. She wanted to check if Speckles was in his cat box (he wasn't). Then she wanted to come back inside.
The Pond Paddock and Pond Cottage
So 110mm of rain (two months' worth) has fallen over the last two days, and it's still splattering down. Blessed are the gardeners who have free-draining soil, I reckon!
Autumn Colours
lots more rain...
Oak leaves now completely cover Pond Paddock, sloshy and soaked when I walk over to the cottage. Alas, soon I will need to rake them up and put them into bags. The dogs and I only walk around the driveway, dodging the puddles. OK. It's time for another coffee. And time for some piano practice (not Brahms's piano concerto, pity about that).
Friday 2nd May
My choir was cancelled last night - phew! There was surface flooding on my roads, some road closures, unpleasant driving conditions. I've cancelled Chamber Music this morning - not going to drive across town while there's still a State of Emergency. Quality control check on my rain jacket - not really good enough. Am investigating buying a new Goretex. Looks like $500 or more.
And now another rainy day to fill up with good indoorsy things - like piano practice, jigsaw, cups of tea and coffee. And walks outside to take photographs of wet things, maybe? I'm missing being outside - it's now been four whole days without any gardening.
Late afternoon...
It's sort of stopped. 160mm of rain has fallen since Tuesday. Our rain gauge is completely full to the top. Wow.