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Gardeners all over Perth are smiling after Friday night and here’s why

I can hardly stop smiling, after the storm. Credit Susan Mulvihill

You may be wondering why it is that over the next few weeks, your garden will be looking a whole lot greener and a whole lot healthier, and yet you haven’t done a darn thing except sit on the couch and try and forget how hot it is out there.

It is going to be another scorcher today, in a long line of stinking hot days here in Perth, looking like a good day for sitting inside and out of the hot sun for sure. There must be something great to watch on TV or a good book to read.

What happened on Friday night?

I was dining out at a local cute, cheap, and cheerful Thai restaurant with some friends from my mother’s group. We all met 24 years ago when we had our firstborn children and while the conversation has moved on from newborn babies to new jobs, education, and HRT we were very distracted when the rain started and the lightening show began. All at once we exclaimed “Petrichor” and heard the pitter-patter of giant raindrops. It has been months since we have had even a drop of rain here, sop it is super exciting for us. We received about 8mls of very welcome rain in our suburb but even more exciting was the huge bolts of lightning that came with the rains.

What’s so exciting about lightning?

OK, so it’s hot out there but that doesn’t mean that you should abandon the garden for the couch and the cricket.

Frangipani blooming its head off in the heat of Summer

Here are five great suggestions to keep your garden looking fabulous all Summer long. Please do all of these jobs in the morning, we don’t want you or your plants wilting. Also, you don’t need to do everything all at once. slow down, it is Summer after all.

This year let’s start by mindfully gardening, you are not really in a hurry, are you? Let’s find joy in the flowers and the birds and the bees enjoying the space that you have created for them as well as for yourself.

Take your time, take it easy. Put some lovely music on while you garden and enjoy your beautiful space. Just a little task each day will give you the results you are chasing for a beautiful garden space.

Let’s be realistic, it’s the holidays and you do need to make time for other things like the beach, a spot of fishing, a stroll around the airconditioned shops, coffee with a friend, long brunches, or reading a book in the shade under a tree.

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