My goodness what pessimism! We received the first half decent bit of
rain for months on Saturday and the very first winds greater than
moderate breezes since spring, which flattened the rather overtall
flower stems on my Crinums. Not the best of days, but the max/min was
22C/17C and that is a far cry from hints of autumn, Especially when
Friday gave 26C/18C max/min. It allowed me brief respite from
twice-daily watering since April and that was greatly welcome.
However, regardless of the rain I'll have to be out with the hose again
on Sunday morning because only enough fell to prevent the soil from
becoming any drier. The sheer density of foliage here at the moment
means that vast amounts of water are being pumped out of the soil by
the hour and it would take a near monsoonal storm every day to
counteract that.