This week, the weather has been one of contrasts here in Sydney and it’s only Wednesday. Not in a good way either.

Monday reached a high of 37 degrees Celsius, which is still far too high to be working in when gardening.

Tuesday and today (Wednesday) have been wet. To be honest, not wet enough as we have had so little rain for so long that we need a good two weeks of constant rain to allow water to soak into the soil fully (rather than a couple of millimetres down).

With both types of weather, it isn’t great to work in after a point. Some rain and heat are good but when the heat gets too much and the rain soaks you through in a couple of minutes then it is not happening!

At work, I am happy it’s raining as it needs it. At home, I’m a little worried about my seedlings as they are still quite small. While there isn’t much I can do, I hope that there is a bit of sun to help them out tomorrow!

The forecast for the rest of the week is more rain. When I still lived in the UK, I was used to the rain for several days, if not weeks or months, at a time. Now, with two days of rain, I want it to stop! You can tell I’ve lived in Australia for over ten years. I do have to remind myself that we need the rain badly and the plants will be happy.