Time for a hard mow

It rained the fuck out of my garden yesterday.  A total of 100mm. By lunch today, no rain, but last night I put fertiliser on just before the last inch of rain.

Tomorrow I'll mow it down low. Those green shoots will explode out of the ground.

Gardening is mostly about timing. I could have done those two things - fertilising and mowing - two weeks ago and got fuck all for it.

Gardening is about timing.

The rain : she come

Summer is dormancy in an Adelaide garden. 42 degrees C puts everything either in the death zone or survival mode.

So I'm pleased to see the rain on the way. My three rainwater tanks dedicated to the garden are empties, awaiting refilling. The lawn are on life support. Bring it!


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Frangipani Chilli Yucca

The depth of summer and I got a great vision.

Nice plants.

Panfry: One turn is the answer

Whatever it is and how welk done you want it - the answer is in one turn. These foreqaurter lamb chopas have been on a (low) heat for 15 minutes. They're juicy and bleeding from the top. A single turn and thre minutes (all low heat) will do it.

Better get to it now.

Capeweed. What a scourge!

This shit is the worst. At the dropzone where I hang out it's everywhere. I hits twitch some broadleaf weed killer and we'll see how it goes. But this stuff is crap.



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Asparagus: Painstaking

Their second year. 3 of 5 made it through to shoot, now we just strengthen it up all year. But it's a 20 year asset.

The first peach blossom of spring

A lovely time