Rainy Days
06/06/2024 06:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
izmeinaThe recent 5 month stretch of rainless days has well and truly come to an end.
It's strange. I used to hate the rain when I lived in Ireland but in this bit of Oz, it's almost a novelty.
I took advantage of the recent rain & the public holiday on Monday just gone to plant a stash of little leaf babies along with some seed bombs.
Most of them are on the verge in patches where the very dead occupants used to be.
I do hope the odds will be a lot more in their favour this time.
I mainly go for local leaf babies that produce flowers & nectar for the critters.
I've given up on banksias. I'm now mainly sticking to hakeas & grevilleas. The latter have the most amazing spidery looking flowers dripping with nectar.
Banksias with their crazy cones and leathery jagged leaves may look as tough as old boots and as fussy as a cactus.
But actually they are the princesses of the Oz weed world.
More drama than orchids and likely to turn up their toes at barely a glance.
The seed bombs are mainly made up of assorted local daisies & other annuals that are bee and butterfly magnets.
Since the days are so short now, I now need to dedicate specific days to looking after the leaf babies. Turning up after work is already too late.
So that's my plan for this Saturday.
Along with the usual Duolingo Happy Hour which can wait till it's dark.
It's strange. I used to hate the rain when I lived in Ireland but in this bit of Oz, it's almost a novelty.
I took advantage of the recent rain & the public holiday on Monday just gone to plant a stash of little leaf babies along with some seed bombs.
Most of them are on the verge in patches where the very dead occupants used to be.
I do hope the odds will be a lot more in their favour this time.
I mainly go for local leaf babies that produce flowers & nectar for the critters.
I've given up on banksias. I'm now mainly sticking to hakeas & grevilleas. The latter have the most amazing spidery looking flowers dripping with nectar.
Banksias with their crazy cones and leathery jagged leaves may look as tough as old boots and as fussy as a cactus.
But actually they are the princesses of the Oz weed world.
More drama than orchids and likely to turn up their toes at barely a glance.
The seed bombs are mainly made up of assorted local daisies & other annuals that are bee and butterfly magnets.
Since the days are so short now, I now need to dedicate specific days to looking after the leaf babies. Turning up after work is already too late.
So that's my plan for this Saturday.
Along with the usual Duolingo Happy Hour which can wait till it's dark.
