Last week it rained and rained and rained. Here are some photos from our sodden garden – quite beautiful in its own wet way, I think!
Prewashed cos lettuce (not in a bag)…
The Pond in Winter…
Every time I take photos of our lemon tree, I think of my friend Charlie at Hotly Spiced. She thought it was hilarious that I kept posting a photo of the same solitary lemon in every garden post for months. I didn’t have a choice – at the time, it was the only one on the tree!
Our bed of leeks…
The rainbow chard is coming up with the most gorgeously coloured stems…
All the rain has done wonders for our recently planted bed of leafy greens…
Some wet and bedraggled visitors sought shelter on our deck…
At one point we had nearly a whole flock of rainbow lorikeets…
Nic’s sedum burrito is hanging safely undercover, as it doesn’t like to get wet…
And we rushed to harvest the tromboncinos we’ve been saving for seed, before the rain caused them to split. They’ve turned into giant pumpkins!
It sounds like it’s been raining all around the world! How are things going in your garden?
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Its raining in New York City too…but my little garden is growing in my apartment. I have parsley, sage, rosemary, time and basil..I still have to go out and buy my herbs. Those birds are beautiful…we have two falcons and its baby nesting atop our 30 story building and when I sit at my computer I see them flying up as I live on the 27th floor. Its a beautiful sight.
Norma, I’m always so excited to hear about your falcons! It must be so exciting to see them flying past your window, especially in NYC!!
Envy your lemon tree…looks so healthy….have been battling to grow mine for years, with no reward to date! Enjoy those beautiful healthy fruits!
Thanks Dot! We have problems with almost every other fruit tree, but the lemon seems to be thriving!
We too have a wet garden Celia. Amazing how similar how weather is. Seems we have the hot and cold spells and rain at the same time.
:-) Mandy xo
Same hemisphere I guess, Mandy, although it does surprise me how similar it is given that we’re on opposite parts of the globe! :)
It hasn’t really been a proper summer yet here in Southern Spain either, very weird! Your garden looks amazing and I’m stunned by those beautiful lorikeets.
I hope the sun comes out for you soon, Chica! It was warm and sunny here yesterday – mid-winter – just bizarre!
The rain is finally over! Oh gosh it’s so exciting, as lovely as the pics are, and the wonders it was doing for our gardens, I was starting to go a bit nutters from cabin fever!
Lisa, it has been a bit like that, hasn’t it? :)
It’s not supposed to rain tomorrow – finally! I love the birds. We get a few parrots here but not many. I did have a flock of pelicans out back the other day but when we had no fish they went to find better luck elsewhere. :)
M, a flock of pelicans! That’s huge – they must have filled up your whole backyard!
I think the word verdant applies.
It certainly is green, Peter.. :)
Those tromboncinos are amazing Celia!
Chris, they’re enormous! So big we can’t weigh them! We have to get the seeds out of them soon, but at the moment, they’re just sitting on the deck. :)
Beautiful photographs… Thank you dear Celia, love, nia
Thank you Nia! xx
Your winter garden looks more alive than my summer garden area. I went out to take some pictures and am chagrined to see how little growth even with all this rain.
Heidi, it’s taken several years for the soil to improve, but we are getting some nice produce now. The rain has washed away a lot of nutrients though – the garden will need feeding soon…
So much rain, Celia, I am glad to hear it has stopped… love a good downpour, but when railway station walls start to collapse, it’s time the sun came out. Beautiful shots of your garden, as always, everything looks so healthy and happy. And how about those Lorikeet visitors! Such beautiful colours. Love birdlife in the garden. Makes me feel alive!
Lizzy, it really did rain and rain, didn’t it? I’m glad it’s stopped too, but it was quite nice sitting on the deck watching it come down as well.. xx
Beautiful photos! We have had rain for the past week, too. the garden is well-soaked so everything is looking for a bit of sunshine. Fingers crossed for the next few days.
Our rainbow lorikeets seem to disappear in the wet but I often see bedraggled kookaburras.
Fairy, I reckon wet kookaburras would just look cranky.. ;-)
I do love the lushness of a garden after heavy rain too. Those tromboncini are fabulous and I have to say, if I had one lemon growing in my garden I would happily show pictures of it every day!
Andrea, you are very sweet, I was a bit tragic about my one lemon, which is why Charlie was teasing me.. ;-)
love the raindrops – they enhance the veg and give them a free clean wash
Roz, yes, everything is very clean at the moment!
Oh, I am a bit jealous – it may have been raining all over the world, but it seems to have missed us. We’ve had very little so far this season and nothing for the last 2 weeks. Not good for a traditionally wet area at this time of year.
How can it not be raining in Adelaide? I thought it was raining everywhere. I wish we could send you some of ours, A!
Beautiful photos Celia. I’m off to my allotment this morning and I think it will be floating – we have had so much rain this week.
Jean, I hope it’s all ok – the rain is great, but there can be too much of a good thing!
Yay that you have more lemons to photograph now. It has been pretty wet here recently too but today is nice and sunny.
Just yesterday I planted my avocado tree which I am very excited about! In 2 years it should have its first fruit. Also planted a passionfruit vine and I have quite a few lemons ready to harvest on the weekend. I’m still thinking about what else to plant.
Claire, I’m so excited about your lemon tree! I think if you get enough you should make preserved lemons, I can’t wait until I get enough of a glut to do that! :)
He,he. Love the lemon tree pic and okay, so I see you now have more than one lemon. All in good time. Just think of the possibilities for all those ‘extra’ lemons. That rain last week was driving me mad. I know the garden needs a watering but that was just too much for a Sydney-dweller – we much prefer the sunshine xx
Hahaha…yes, we have a few more lemons now, Charlie. Hope you’re enjoying the sunshine…
Pretty pictures! there really is something wonderful about seeing a garden flourish after lots of rain!
Sandy, all the leafy greens have taken off! :)
Love that first photo of the peashoots dripping with water globules! Your garden does look great in spite of the rain of the past weeks: and unless a few drops descend from the heavens I actually shall have to water tomorrow morning! . . . But, and there always is a but, isn’t there? Love your row of rainbow lorikeets: now I may cuss about living ‘in the bush’ too far away from Sydney for my liking: BUT whenever I look out, especially morn and night, there are the parrots [oh, the King Island ones!] and the lorikeets and the sulphur-crested cockatoos and endless kookaburras demanding food and of course the wretched magpies and endless mynahs! Would you believe the rainy weeks added whole flocks of greedy and inquisitive cranes!!! Luvverly!!!!!
So much wildlife Eha! It sounds wonderful!
Raining here too….far northern NSW, so thanks for the tip about the sedum. I’ve just been given one and have it outside…..good to know these things.
Nanette, my friend Nic had a donkey’s tail sedum, and when it was caught in a downpour, it dropped all its leaves!
I’ve been reading about your WInter, Celia. I’m amazed! As wet as it is, though, be thankful you’re not in our climate. Imagine all that rain as snow. You wouldn’t be able to dig out until mid-Summer!
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to look upon the word, let alone the vegetable, “tromboncino” without smiling and thinking of you and your garden. :)
John, I can’t ever complain about the weather! I know it’s much harsher almost everywhere else in the world. Please tell me you’re thinking about growing tromboncinos.. :)
Here it is dry..as..a..bone….. no rain in forever. Lots of herbs, lemons and tomatoes. I go out with the hose every day and water. Your squashes are epic! Hugs, Maz.
I wish there was some equitable way to share water around. And thanks for the tip about Jamie’s Ministry of Food – I don’t have that one, so I’ll be on the lookout for it! xx
Let me know about Jamie’s 15 minutes meals. I’m looking to get my hands on a copy.
Your garden is beautiful! So much is growing and looking healthy. I need some time in the garden to plant a few new things. My snow peas are looking good but my basil is being eaten by something??
Julie, I’m amazed you still have basil! I guess in Q it’s far more tropical than here in Sydney!
Oh my gosh!!!! Looks at those birds! That’s amazing. I’m gob-smacked. Is that a common occurrence?
Misky, there is a flock that lives around here. They’re usually in the neighbours yard, but that day they decided to roost on our deck…
Amazing!
A bit different to my winter garden, that’s for sure Celia! Our silverbirch tree seeds feed crimson rosellas and eastern rosellas all winter long, they’re the only splash of colour out there this time of year :) xox
Becca, it really is so much colder in Canberra, isn’t it? Lovely that you have the rosellas though! :)
Your garden is beautiful in the rain Celia. How about those trombons?
Jane, the first one we left for seed wasn’t nearly mature enough, so we let these to go and go. Have to build up our chi and cut them up soon! :)
Raindrops on gardens really are some of my favourite things but i do know the feeling of “enough already!”. The neck of your pale tromboncino looks like a swan. Do you have to share your vegetables with possums Celia? We get the tips of almost everything nipped neatly in the bud and they seem particularly fond of parsley – even with a good dose of chilli spray!
Jan, thankfully no possums here! There certainly has been a lot of rain, hasn’t there?
It will be a while until I have to water my balcony plants, they did get a good soaking and I had to move some succulents under cover. Your pics though show our wet world in a whole new light… and there I was thinking it was a bit miserable… how well it makes the gardens grow, even if the Rainbow Lorries are a bit damp, they know the places to go :)
ED, we’re grateful for the rain, but then again, we have a warm house and can sit on a heated balcony and watch it come down. :) Thankfully it hasn’t done too much damage to the garden – it was heavy rain but not huge winds, which is a relief! :)
All was not lost, we at least have a covered balcony, and the G.O. got a couple of Saturdays off because it was too wet to work. We ignored the need to grocery shop, and most housework, availed ourselves of the warm aircon and caught up on some movies :)
Oh my!! Those trombocinos are enormous!! I knew that they were big but that’s totally massive :D
They’re quite astonishing – we still haven’t built up the nerve to cut them open yet! :)
For the first time in many summers our garden is dry and warm:-) :-) here in Ireland. Long may it last. Unexpected weather is everywhere it seems. All your produce looks very tasty Celia, and I love your feathered visitors.
How wonderful for you! It must be lovely to be enjoying a sunny summer for a change! :)
We have not had a lot of rain in the number of days it has rained, but a lot of rainfall! Stay dry and warm xxx
Tandy, isn’t the weather unusual! I’m sure you’re getting a lot of winter growth, if you’re getting heavy rain and dry weather as well! :)
Your photography is lovely Celia. The garden always appreciates rain more than just watering. The burrito is growing quickly, it will be ready to eat soon! It’s pretty soggy here too although we managed to miss it as we had a lovely week in Cairns. Glorious up there last week.
Sounds divine, Jo! Last time I was in Cairns, it rained the entire week! :)
Our weather in the Boston area has been so crazy this year that I just de died to rely on the local farms for produce. In May I still had the heat on, then we had sleet that ruined all of the peonies and lilies. Now we are in a hut and muggy heat wave with no relief in sight. I guess I will still take this heat over our bitter cold winter though.
I love proper rain, it makes everything green :)
Loving your wet photos and the wet garden, it looks refreshing and oh so fresh. The lettuce looks stunning, and fingers crossed my Trombocino will come good this year too ……