We have just celebrated Australia Day down under and a lovely long weekend that saw most of us enjoying sunshine and family activities.
This time of the year can be pretty hot in most parts, up in the NorthWest it is hot and wet and further down south it is dry and hot. It’s great cricket and beach weather for sure but it’s also great gardening weather. You see, we are not all about drinking beer and eating BBQ’d sausages!
We have had some warm weather but actually, it has been a pretty mild summer in Western Australia so far, so, it is absolutely great (mate) for planting things in your garden.
Here’s 5 Australian plants that will be perfectly happy if planted during late January and early February.
It’s perfect timing for a heatwave if you ask me. Netflix has just released the latest season of Grace and Frankie and it’s going to be an absolute scorcher outside, most of this week, so, well…. I can’t possibly garden, can I?
It’s back…..
Yesterday, at my place it got up to around 41 degrees Celsius, that’s about 106 in Fahrenheit and it is darn hot and your plants will feel it as much as you but as you will, so can your plants survive….here’s how.
GET UP EARLY
Early morning is the best time to get out there and water your plants by hand. So, grab yourself a nice cup of tea or coffee if that’s your poison and head out into the garden. Man (or woman) yourself with the hose and a good shower head attachment, I love the DRAMM rain wand attached to the hose as it allows me to get right up into my hanging baskets. I have the short one and the long one and have been trialling them over the past two years, they are sturdy and strong and don’t leak. The DRAMM rain wand is not made of plastic and so can withstand the hottest sun without cracking or splitting.
DRAMM Rain Wands come in all these glorious colours
BE THE PERFECT HOST…..NOT EVERYONE NEEDS A DRINK RIGHT NOW
Your finger is the best moisture monitor you will ever own, so before you water your containers, check first that the soil is not still moist. If it feels dry when you stick your finger (I use my pointer finger) into the soil then it needs a drink, it’s as simple as that. I hear from so many people that they are watering every day and their plants are “still wilting” wilting or that the plant looks floppy which in fact can be a response to too much love and too much water! Most containers only need watering three times a week, indoor ones even less. Please do not water your indoor plants and outdoor containers every day, they absolutely don’t need it.
