For the first time, in what seems ages, the sun has come out and I am hoping it will stay that way for a while to allow everything a chance to dry out. Instead of the corn being as "high as an elephant's eye" (quote from the musical Oklahoma), in my garden it's the weeds and grass and everything else that looks as if it has swallowed a bottle of hormone pills! I am just taking a break from putting in some plants that have been waiting for nearly a week for the weather to improve so I can put them in their new homes. Of course, I have to clear the weeds out the way first! The photos on the right show the length of the grass which has grown so fast. (Just click on them to enlarge and see slide show - not particularly inspiring, however).

Unfortunately the grass we have to grow here in Queensland has to withstand severe drought as well as rain, so the strongest grass is the worst one in terms of maintenance; it is Couch. I remember in England it was a curse and one always strived to get rid of Couch, and believe me I wish I could here; it is so invasive. I used to have a gardener who came and mowed and weeded for two hours every week, but I decided to do it myself, but as usual other things have taken up my time, and poor Graham can't help because of his sciatica and disc problems. My neighbour has been doing it, only last week he managed to cut his leg with an old rusty water tank he was cutting up, and now he is out of commission for a while.

Well, this isn't getting the gardening done, so will call a halt to this.