My god, it's been raining. In the driest season of the year here in Queensland, we recorded our most significant rainfall since October 2005. This is a picture of the downpipe to our modest rainwater tank gushing with water. Our tank was full from a previous shower so much of the rain went out the overflow pipe and into the stormwater drainage system. I nearly wept with frustration. I was out in the rain bucketing water like mad and even had the hose attachment flowing in an effort to capture some of that precious water. The ground is so dry that despite the good soaking we got over a 24 hour period, the soil in some parts of the garden is only marginally damp. The no-dig garden bed is lovely and moist and today I planted out seedlings of snowpeas, celery, Thai basil and sawtooth herb (tastes like coriander/cilantro but doesn't bolt to seed in the summer). Feel like these will survive as the soil is good and soaked with rain.
