I was heart broken when the weather turned nasty and the Cape storms hit our region with a force that went on and on. The ground is saturated and my garden looks like a huge pool. If we encounter another storm, then I’m afraid the ground cannot soak it away and the land will flood. It was near impossible to take part in the Garden Bloggers Bloom Day on the 15th, but I have managed to get a few blooms today and wanted to share these.
But first you need to see what my garden looked like on the 15th!
[one_half]The whole stone paving was flooded[/one_half]
[one_half_last]It looks like a pond in my backyard[/one_half_last]
[one_half]My veggie patch is totally flooded[/one_half]
[one_half_last]It  looks swamped and waterlogged[/one_half_last]
The blooms that managed to survive the storms ….. was in the meadow …..
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[one_half]The first Fuchsia bloom!![/one_half]
[one_half_last]Daisy blooms in the meadow now showing[/one_half_last]
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[one_half]New bed with Chasmanthe the tall flower[/one_half]
[one_half_last]Bulbs with new shoots and carnations[/one_half_last]
I am so looking forward to spring – but I think the cold will still be with us for awhile. With snow on the mountains nearby, it will be a cold August!
So nice to follow all the GBBD posts to get me motivated.
Happy Gardening xxxx
20 replies on “Garden Bloggers Bloom Day washed out”
In spite of that crazy rain, your blooms are lovely!
oh dear I do feel for you. We arent strangers to flooding here but so far this year we have escaped despite the amount of rain we have had. I always find blogs from the other side of the world helpful in the grey and cold winter
Nature is resilient, and beautiful, as your post shows. All will be well. Maybe not how we want it but you and your garden will come out fine. The very hot weather that we have lived with this summer is gone. More seasonable weather. My favorite time of year–late summer and autumn for us.
Thank you for this – I feel much better. Gardening is something that cannot be perfect and we learn tolerance and patience.
Wow, thanks for sharing the reality of your garden, too! And then, the incredible blooms of the meadow–stunning!
Oh Barbie your winter looks like my spring with waterlogged flowers…I have had to plant for floods so I don’t lose the plants every year…how amazing those winter blooms in your meadow…so envious! Hoping the water leaves you and finds us!
Sorry you got washed out. But the spring rains will make your flowers very happy. And you ended up with some very nice blooms to show off, too.
Yes – I have to remember this! 🙂
At first when you showed the veggie patch I thought it was your raised beds, and thought “wow, it takes a lot of water to flood a raised bed!”.
So things could be worse, right? 🙂
Yup – I have to look at it with patient eyes. I know the water is welcome because the clay soil gets so hard in summer. It needs to stock up on the water! 🙂
No – the raised beds are in good shape. May be building a few more for the season.
PS what about your grass garden, and the river bed? Full of frogs?
Hee!! The grass garden is looking terrible – the frogs are pretty quiet. Hmmmm….. will have to put some effort into it this month.
I do hope your ground managed to soak up the rain quickly. We are still waiting for the rain to come, no sign yet. Christina
Yes – I must remember the summer gets really dry, so I should welcome this soaking.
I am glad you persevered through the floods. Weather seems to be getting much more severe. We go from incredible drought to flooding rains every summer it seems.
My gosh you get flooded, I was sad to see the vegetable patch. I never realized you got weather like this. Well, next month will be better, right?
Right!! The summers are hot and dry so this rain is a good thing!
Heavy clay soil, and two years of floods – are the reason why we rain-gardened. Drainage pipe buried on the driveway. Gravel paths. 3 swales. We were OK this year. The puddles soak away quite quickly.
Oh yes! That’s what I’m faced with and Philadelphia lies in a gully, so all the water accumulates. I must consider the drainage pipe for thaback garden. I think we have a french drain near the fruit trees, so this helps. Yes – when the sun shines and the clouds disperse, it looks as if there was never a cloud burst! 🙂
‘the old people’ tell me Porterville used to be a vlei. And 2 owners back, when there was still leiwater, our garden was used to grow rice. When you drive into town you see that Porterville lies in a dip, and we are in the dip of the dip! Spaanseriet and weaver birds ;~)