It has been a very wet start to the year, my garden has been flooded at least 10 times with water above ankle deep, so much so the fish in my pond could nearly swim to freedom. But the good news is our town water supply is at 98% (I can’t wait to get photo’s of it over flowing) which means that all the water restrictions should be lifted very soon.
My apologies to regular followers who have not seen any regular posting pattern, I have had a very hectic start to the year with work, my garden and the blog has been a little neglected.
The lawn has gone from straw yellow to a massive 2ft high green carpet. With the warm and humid conditions the grass gets mowed every 4 days. I am a little sick of it all.
The watermelon seeds I planted in the flower garden have over taken everything. We have 5 massive watermelons that are putting on weight by the second, the one we harvested was so sweet and juicy.
Bugs and pests are running rampant. Caterpillars have started to demolish my Arrowroot plants (which are over 2m high now), mealy bugs are eating everything and are fueling the ant population, while fungal problems are plaguing my tomato plants. While I’m trying to keep it all organic, I have had to use some systemic sprays to kill the mealy bugs from killing everything.
We are off for a drive to check out some waterfalls today, so as a treat I’ll post some photos for you all.
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Wow. I thought you referred occasionally to your neighborhood as being in the desert? This wet spell certainly makes the argument for planting in raised beds. I’ve had rainy months as you’ve described make my rhubarb rot–even after I moved my rhubarb to a raised bed.
I feel your pain with the lawn mowing.
My place is Semi-Arid Tropical… Long warm dry seasons followed by warm to hot wet seasons. It’s quite cool today, even have a jumper on…
I haven’t tried watermelon yet, I have tried pumpkin plants and they also take over fast
Jessie
well at least there is a good side of this rain
Really beautiful garden you have..Love to try a watermelon of your garden
what with the worse winter in 28 years us english long for the ‘good ole rain’!
Now that’s what I call extreme gardening. I thought I had it tough!