Anyone seen 35,000L of water around anywhere?
Today we had a long list of things we planned to do out on the ranch. We had a lot of trees to plant, a kit-set wheel-barrow to construct, some raised vege gardens to construct, etc etc etc…
But when we arrived out there Bec noticed that the big orange ball on the water tank was looking a lot lower than it should have been. In fact it was at the very bottom of its possible height. Uh-Oh. And when we had a look around the pump-shed the ground was absolutely soaked. As was the floor of the shed. Uh-Oh again. Not sure if that’s where the whole 35,000 litres of water went (along with any more that the pump had pumped up in the meantime – presumably quite a lot more!), but that’s the only obvious place that it could have gone.
So until we get the irrigation guys in to have a look at it there’s been a bit of a slow-down in any proceedings relating to anything like plants that might want to have a drink now and then. Not a complete halt though. Of the many natives we took out with us we decided to go ahead and plant a couple more Pittos that had been liberated from the garden here, and a larger cabbage tree that we didn’t think would cope too badly, along with a tangle-wood tree that didn’t quite want to go back in the back of the car today.
We did manage to get the wheelbarrow put together though. With a minimum of cursing and swearing! One thing crossed off the list at least…
And it was so bloody hot today, with not a breath of wind, that it was almost a relief to decide to wait for the rest of the list and just sit in the shade of the roof and soak up a bit of the environment. And stare at the long grass and think it might need a bit of a trim very soon!