Senin, 25 Januari 2021

Spring Rain



It has been so dry in Queensland for the past few months - you can see how brown and dead the grass is in the background of this picture.


Our rainwater tank is empty and has been for months, we would love a second tank because we only capture the water from one side of our roof but our budget won't stretch that far at the moment. Meanwhile we're watering our veggies with town water.

Today it finally rained,  not enough to do more than barely wet the ground, but it was so nice to have a grey cool day and everything is looking a little greener already. tomorrow is meant to be showery too, hopefully we'll get a decent fall overnight and some water will go into the tank.

I've been doing quite a bit in the garden regardless of the weather and am beating the heat by getting out there at 8 am. This will soon have to be even earlier as we move into hot weather. At least the garden gets a good drink before the heat of the day.

I am going to plant some Malabar Spinach tomorrow, I've been researching this plant and apparently it's a good alternative to spinach in the sub tropics. We grow spinach in the Winter months and my spinach is surviving at the moment but this sounds like an interesting alternative.

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