Obsessed gardener story, trees blooming now in Australia

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Foggy morning.  It is foggy, cloudy of course.  Lots of moisture in the air.  Occasional showers this afternoon high of 82F(28C) which is our normal temperatures.   I am going to go and compost, clean up drying plants.  Yes, I am going to do this right away this morning.  I am trying to talk myself into doing this.  Not my favorite job but needs to be done.  Stay cool, stay dry, stay safe.
 
Australia family and friends for their Wed. Aug.13.  It is 11:00 PM and their weather says rain for the next hour. Rain for Wed is at 50% and their high for the day is 61F(16C).  Warming up for them as spring is coming.  Rain, warmth all the formula for plants to start blooming. 
One of the friends wrote.  “ I know spring is on its way, my Almond tree has some blossoms on it.  When I was out and about yesterday, I noticed a few frees were out in full bloom.  Also Wattle trees and Acacias are out in flower.  They have beautiful little puffs of yellow flowers.  My garden is also showing signs of growth.”  Stay dry, stay warm, stay safe.
 
I found this article about the obsessed gardener. I know none of us are this way.  ENJOY.
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The Obsessed Gardener  Are you one? Take the test.  By Chris Woods
The Obsessed Gardener
It’s hard for me to say exactly when gardening stopped being just a healthy pastime and became an all-consuming passion. One day I’m fertilizing a few tomato plants, and the next thing I know, an eighteen-wheeler is unloading 50 yards of compost for a 3,000- square-foot cutting garden.  How can you tell if you’re a normal, healthy gardener or have crossed the line into dangerous territory? Easy, take this quiz!
Normal Gardener
Obsessed Gardener
You won’t leave town when your tulips are in bloom.
… or your daffodils, your lilacs, your wisteria, your roses, your clematis, your lilies, your hydrangea, your asters …
You have a charge account at the local garden center.
Your spouse buys all your Christmas presents there.
You invest in fine gardening tools.
You keep spare tools in your car for gardening emergencies.
You value all living things, great and small.
You cheered when Bambi’s mother died.
You have a compost heap.
You take its temperature every day.
You can’t believe you ordered so many bulbs this fall.
It wasn’t enough.
You know the Latin names of your plants.
You use them in conversations … with the plants.
You love to grow and cook your own vegetables.
Cook? Who has time to cook?
You are proud of your baby carrots.
You carry pictures of them in your wallet.
You can crush a Japanese beetle in your bare fingertips.
You love the sound it makes when you do.
You would never kill a ladybug.
You bring them inside for the winter.
You have dirt under your fingernails.
What fingernails?
You know the pH of your soil.
All your friends know the pH of your soil.
You’ve had a soil test.
You studied for it.
You buy composted cow manure to top dress your garden.
You buy a cow.
You think Eliot Coleman is cute.
You think Roger Swain is cute.
You know the virtues of hand weeding.
… after dark.
You teach your children the wonders of gardening.
Children? Who has time to have children?
You love gardening more than anything.
And what’s wrong with that?!”
Taken from https://foodgardening.mequoda.com/articles/the-obsessed-gardener/?t=107905
Till next time this is Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty, Iowa [email protected]  641-794-3337  cell 641-903-9365  Facebook Becky Kerndt Litterer or Becky’s Greenhouse