Well what a wet month we had, over half a metre of
rain fell during the month, and was it ever needed as the garden was parched
and all water tanks were empty.
The tanks are now all overflowing and what a relief
not to spend hours and hours watering the garden.
What a difference rain makes.
On the downside the whole month was incredibly hot and
humid, at the end of a days work I had to virtually squeeze the moisture out of
my work clothes.
A lot of the crusher dust pathways washed away and
will need redoing when it gets cooler.
No garden presentations or bus visits from garden
clubs during the month but we did host a meeting of ‘The International
Cordyline Society’ which was attended by just over 50 members.
I gave my ‘Aroids Colour and Orchids’ presentation
which was well received.
Looks like it is going to be a quiet year for visiting
Garden Clubs and Bus trips.
I had to carry out some major work on the pool deck as
some of the decking supports had rotted.
It was a big job getting all the old timber out and
once it was cleared, I decided to do something different rather than replace the
timber.
I have put up a couple more frames for shade cloth to
protect our plants from the summer sun.
We went to a meeting of ‘The Aroid Society’ and I took
along some spare Amorphophallus to hopefully sell, most sold so that was good.
