…and a bit of singing as well to keep the spirits up.
We knew there was a 100% chance of rain but we decided to brave it anyway as it was the only opportunity to go out this week. Had a chat to Goodman and Speelman, good to see they are enthusiastic again, the tractor is back and a lot of mowing has been done and they are also busy painting the manager’s house.
The Wednesday walkers were also out in force, tough lot they are. They ended up having their skottle lunch in the flower house out of the rain, quite cosy. We, on the other hand, put on our raincoats and rearranged the shade house. This meant moving numerous pots and bags about but at least everything is now more or less in groups such as trees, proteas, bulbs etc. It won’t be long before it is all ‘deurmekaar’ again as we bring more plants but for now it looks really great.
After lunch the rain was just too much so we busied ourselves in the greenhouse where weeds have sprung up overnight. It still seems to be overwatered and it looks like there still is a problem with the timer program. I reset everything to only once a day for two minutes which is too little so it should be dried out by next week.
Still some time to kill so off to the main picnic site to spade some resprouts off the blue gums (will they ever give up?) and to get some Carissa cuttings. A quick stroll through the arboretum showed that the Bryophyllums by the Albiza are doing really well, perhaps Neil’s rant on FB will throw up a keen person to tackle those?