Visit 10th/11th July, 2012.
Plenty of rain recently, 60 mills in the gauge over the past fortnight, plus another 30 mills overnight. The dam is as full as it can get without flowing over the southern end.
The first daffodil for the season has appeared, one only, a Magnifique. Everything is a fortnight or so later this year. Must be due to the very cold, wet winter.
No golf which gave me more time to work in the garden, rugged up with 4 jumpers, jacket and hat.
Decided to extend the garden down around the dam as space is becoming limited around the house. First planting included a red hot poker 'Winter Cheer', a lemon poker, a daylily (name unknown, brown and yellow colour) and French lavender. More to follow.
Planted in the main garden were 2 Bulbinella Hookeris and 2 Kniphopfias 'James Nottle', recently purchased from Lambley Nursery.
Cut back and divided some penstemons and campanulas.
Each visit I dig out the blue flowering Michaelmas daisy which is taking over areas of the garden.
A diary of gardening activity at my Musk Vale cottage, near Daylesford, Victoria, altitude 700 metres, cold winters, warm summers. Annual rainfall about 35 inches (875 mill). The cottage is a 'weekender'.
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