Only 3 days to Christmas and 110 days to the Autumn Gardens of Glenlyon!
The garden has had a dream run to date, with the most beautiful weather through Winter and Spring.
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| Winter sky |
The rain bucketed down up to a month ago, but things are getting serious. Now the summer heat has arrived, with temperatures of up to 40C.
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| A full dam after winter rains |
Our selection of plants has to take into consideration these wide variations in the weather. We must select frost tolerant plants as well as those that will survive a scorching summer.
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| Winter frost |
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| Summer heat |
The rule of thumb around here is to wait until after Cup Day to plant frost-tender plants such as tomatoes. But this year we were out-smarted by the weather. A very late frost frizzled things.
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Our frizzled grapevine.
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Our grapevines are mainly for shade, but the local vineyards lost their first fruit.
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