Mid-Autumn downunder ... and it's still raining!

you might not like it berneih but your garden does ! its our spring of course but snow in scotland and heavy rain everywherelse after our long cold winter is getting us down as well-- even the plants are not behaving normally with some not flowering yet and others all coming out together --- Its been a funny couple of years :-(

Yes you're so right Pamg ... the garden is flourishing and it's great to see everything so green. It's just so unusual to be still getting rain now! It certainly seems like there's change in the air all over the world.

true bernieh, Goy seems to get questions every day about plants not made it through the winter especially cordylines I'm beginning to wonder if there's any left alive over here

Your garden looks wonderful Bernieh, I was wondering what it looked like when you said about the rain. Love the duck

Always enjoy looking round your garden..

your garden seems to be enjoying the rain...its actualy stopped here today...;-)

still looks beautifull Bernieh even with rain, but can understand wanting to get out and do something, we get it all the time lol

This is my Favourite Garden `The Courtyard.` Your Garden is looking
great....I would love to face views like this every day, even with this awful
Weather we are having...It still looks very Inviting and Luscious, the
rain is certainly making it look more so!! Lucky you Bernieh...

I almost forgot to ask you...Is the Duck a Pet or a Wild 1 visiting?
He/She is quite a Character!!

Thanks everyone for your understanding comments ... I'm just going a little loopy with all the rain ... as you can tell.

Freesiaperson ... yes that duck is ours. She's the youngest of our brood and the cheekiest ... you are so right when you say she looks like a character!

Great weather for ducks!! Love the white wings.

It seems so strange to hear someone talk about "itching" to get out & do some gardening - in the middle of autumn!!! Understandable for us here in the Northern Hemisphere as spring has only just got underway but it still seems strange that you should talk about it being "cooler" with temps of "only 30ºC"! We'd be roasting here with that kind of temp!

Hi Balcony ... yes I'm waiting very, very patiently to get out for some decent gardening time in the middle of Autumn. This is the beginning of our supposedly best time for gardening, but the showers of rain keep sweeping over every day.

Bernieh:

Well, it seems El Niño is affecting you with more rain than normal also. At least with all your rain you won't have to water as often. : > ) Your garden looks wonderfully lush!

We had about 2 1/2 weeks of dry weather before last weeks' rain. It's going to be very warm for the next 4 days...then maybe next week rain off-and-on. It very unusual to receive rain after March here also...usually, it becomes dry as a bone in April.

Andy ... can you believe it, we got another downpour today. It's rather unusual for this time of year. We did apparently have a week of sunshine last week, but I was away for that .... how appropriate!!

Yes everything is very lush ... overgrown is more to the point. I'm going to have to do another big clean up in the greenhouse garden and the screening garden at the back of the courtyard ... the screen plants are now over 23metres tall ... some even taller.

we had quite a nice few days all the blossom coming out and the spring bulbs and flowers, but the wind has changed and now its going grey, cold and wet !!!' hope it improves soon for you :0)

It bet your garden looks a treat with all its spring blooms coming out ... despite the gloom of a cold wet day. Over here today the sun is shining and the sky is blue ... looks like we might be seeing the end of the rain.

thank goodness Bernieh-- thought you'd be growing webbed feet !-- :o)

Lol ... actually I was getting rather worried that the ducks and I were starting to relate!!

Bernieh:

Are you still receiving a lot rain?

We had a lot of rain yesterday morning...and maybe more rain next week. It's pretty unusual to receive a lot rain after March. However, we need every drop.
: > )

Yes Andy, we're still getting showers almost every day or evening. It's so unusual, but I suppose at least it means the 'dry' will be shorter this year and everything is still so green at the moment.

Bernieh:

It must be El Niño. I know that's the reason why we're having so much rain this year.

I bet it's absolutely beautiful with all the green tropical foliage.

Bernieh love your garden its perfect and the duck looks well at home take care i will look forward to more of your pics

Andy ... it is lovely seeing the surrounding bushland still so green.

Maiseynay ... thanks for your kind comment. My garden though is far from perfect ... I don't think any gardener is totally happy with their garden and I'm one of them. I still see so much to do ... or change. The courtyard garden is annoying me a bit at the moment ... it needs some work.

Bernieh:

Sorry I never responded to your comment on Apr.13th!

It sounds like you have a lot of pruning which has to be done...your screening plants are absolutely huge! WOW!

I know the rain is good for the plants...however, I understand it can make plants and weeds, trees grow very quickly also. It makes a lot of gardening work. I've been pulling weeds and trimming plants for weeks -- and the weeds are still growing quickly.

OMG ... can you believe it Andy, it's raining again today ... just showers but still! What's this all about? More showers predicted all week next week ... my poor drought tolerant, sun tolerant plants are ready to down tools and go on strike for better conditions!!! As for the courtyard garden ... it's a mess right now and I'm getting annoyed as it's usually looking so much better than this, especially in mid-Autumn. I was going to attack the screening bed at the back today ... but looking out the window, I don't think that will be happening.

well I can't belive the weather here Bernieh-- although there was a frost overnight its bright warm sun-- clear blue sky a lovely spring day -- and we're making the most of it-- never know when we'll get another one :o)
ps-- I know its causing a lot of problems but its so peaceful without aeroplanes.....

Bernieh:

It's ironic...because our weathermen/women are predicting showers from Monday - Thursday this coming week also. It's very unusual -- typically in our wet season (rainy season) we don't usually get so many days of showers or rain in a row. However, this is an El Niño year...so all normal weather patterns go out the window. Normally we're dry to very dry from April through most of December.

I hope after all your rain showers this week you will have some dry weather to get your gardening projects completed! I know it can be frustrating when the weather doesn't cooperate. However, most of time here in San Diego the weather is usually very mild and dry in winter...just not this winter. You seem to be having the same unusual weather conditions there too. : > )

Herein our neck of the woods we have hardly seen a drop of rain in these first two weeks of April! Whatever happened to the April showers? Today has been the most glorious of spring days - not a cloud in the sky from sunrise to sunset!

Hi Pamg ... seems like the weather all over is going against the usual trend. I suppose I shouldn't complain as the garden just loves the rain and it's nice to see green everywhere. It also means the 'dry' won't be as long this year ... which is something I should never complain about.

Andy ... El Nino is definitely working his magic downunder! Showers like this during most of April is most unusual ... and it doesn't seem like they're going to end any time soon.

Balcony.. the April showers have migrated. They decided to move further south!!! It's very different weather for us here in my corner of Queensland ... I've heard of April showers before, of course, but never really experienced them before!

Bernieh:

You're not kidding about El Niño working its magic. I got caught in shorts and t-shirt in a freak rain storm yesterday evening. It was beautiful, warm and clear the whole day...then heavy subtropical rain came up from Mexico around 7:30 last night. Very unusual! We still need any rain we can get though.

Still getting showers here almost every day ... either early morning or mid afternoon. April showers throughout April is a real first!

Bernieh:

I've seen the forecast for Townsville, Australia. It showed your highly unusual showers for almost everyday this week. Have you ever had a dry season when it rained through most of it...making it a continued wet season?

A highly unusual vigorous cold front is moving down from the north. It's forecasted to bring us quite a bit of rain, thunderstorms, hail, high winds, possible water spouts and below normal temps. WOW! This is extremely rare for this time of year (it's actually rare for any time of year). I'll let you know if the storm actually hits us.

Bernieh, I think your dry season in April has migrated here, to the UK while our showery April has migrated down under, to your little corner of Australia!

You're so right, Balcony ... it's now April 24 and it's been showering off and on every day since I last commented and the forecast is for more showers during the coming week! April showers ... here???? Sooooo .... unusual!

its still very warm & dry here and nearly the end of april now! although they are forecasting rain tomorrow but southwesterly winds and today is 21 deg C whigh is warm for april! --- maybe this is summer---- !

Bernieh:

I guess you're not going to have a dry season...just like us here in San Diego. : > )