I’m a big wussbag when it comes to roller coasters. And by roller coasters, I mean pretty much any amusement park ride that goes up and down (and up and down and up and down…) One time, I even bawled on the pirate ship. Seriously.
But every day this past week – thanks to Melbourne’s out-of-control heatwave – I’ve been on a crazy roller coaster ride with our garden that TG and I have dubbed the roller coaster of EMOTIONS. (Deep eh?)
The emotional roller coaster ride goes a little something like this.
It starts off nice and calm every morning when our herbs and veggies are looking pretty happy. (Those are zucchini plants at the front).
Then by late arvo when TG gets home, and after the veggies have been exposed to hours of 40-degree heat, I get pictures like this sent to me and my heart goes crashing. OMIGOD we killed the zucchinis!
But then, hurrah, I’m back on the up thanks to the amazing life-giving power of water. A good soak and they start perking right up again. Take a close look at this clip. These plants have just been given a good drink – can you see how the leaves start to move, straighten and fatten up?
With the cool change, thank goodness our emotional roller coaster ride is finally over (for now at least). And I’m definitely happy with how our garden looked yesterday morning after its first cool night’s sleep for the week. Look – our first zucchini flower!
me just playing house 