more rain

It had rained for the last couple of weeks, a few showers here and there, and a couple of heavy downpours. The yard looked a mess, with fallen leaves everywhere and plants that needed replacing. Some were even brown from the sun which had come out suddenly between showers.

So this weekend I bought a couple of new plants and spent several hours in the yard cutting off dead leaves, moving things around and generally tidying up. The main additions were some freesia which I'd never grown before, but they smell heavenly, and some petunias which I love because they look so bright and manage to keep flowering whatever happens.

So now what's going on, I'm sitting here listening to the heaviest rain I have heard all year - we are in April, this is definitely not supposed to happen! I don't know how much rain freesia can stand battering down on them (I know the petunias will be OK), but I guess I'm going to find out tomorrow, or the next day, as I think more rain is forecast for tomorrow.