When you have a small balcony garden, nothing much happens most of the time. At the moment, the only thing worth mentioning are the gardenias, which are blooming left right and center despite the rather wet, rainy and windy weather we’re having.

I didn’t have time to take any new photos of the little darlings, so it’ll have to wait til tomorrow. It looks like I’ve done right by these gardenias this time around and they’re rather happy at the moment. I love heading out there in more morning and taking a quick whiff of their heavenly scent.

I’m heading away for 2 weeks on Sunday. I’m quite anxious about leaving the plants (they’re the equivalent of family pets to me). I think the gardenias will be ok with the late autumn rain we’re having and I’ve got some gel spike thingies from Bunnings for the tomato plants. The frangipani should also survive on mother nature’s rain, it’s pretty dormant at the moment so I’m not too worried about it. I had to stake it the other night because it got too windy outside and the cutting started to lean unfavourably.

My only concern is the lavender seedlings. They need constant care at the moment and watering every 2-3 days. My dad has volunteered himself to take care of them while we’re away, he’s probably the best person I know to look after them. I just have to remember that good old saying, “Plants die, get over it”. It’s not like I don’t have another 92 lavender seeds
left to germinate if these ones don’t make it.

Can’t wait til I come back, there’s a lot I want to do, but I’ll save that for tomorrows rantings and ravings.