Posts Tagged ‘heat’
Mulch, Mulch, Mulch!
The Australian summer is upon us. While I am from the Northern Hemisphere and the 1st of December is approached with dread (first day of winter), the 1st of December here in Sydney came crashing through at 32 degrees and a humidity that three years on I still struggle to cope with. It’s not the heat the so much as the stillness of the air, especially down in the city where the noise and the business seem to increase that humidity, even if only in my mind.
As wonderful as the Australian summer is, and I love it, the one thing that always amazes me is how the trees and plants here cope and survive and new growth is born as bush fires, increased through hot winds, sweep through vast parts of the landscape, destroying whatever is in its path. Read the rest of this entry »