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Re: Gardening down under

Michael Milner - 0480392 wrote:
> 
> From:          "Ian Gill" <ian@minidata.co.nz>
> To:            <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
> Subject:       Gardening down under
> Date:          Mon, 19 Jan 1998 10:45:09 +1300
> Reply-to:      veggie-list@eskimo.com
> 
> Steve  (Maritime...) wrote:
> >BTW, we have some gardeners from the southern hemisphere on this list.
> >We haven't heard any reports from them about how their season's going.
> >What about it, folks?
> 
> Hi to all,
> Well summer is sort of here in South Africa,
> This year the weather is mixed up with coolwet days being followed by
> extreme heat,a couple of weeks ago here in Cape Town it was 40c which
> is far above the norm,a lot of my Tomato flowers dropped because of
> it,my Plum crop was very small compared with last years harvest,this
> spring I put in a Peach and an Orange tree,all I got was blossom but
> I hope for a small crop next year,the Mullberry tree gave an
> excellent harvest,even if the birds had half of them,I took bags full
> to work as I couldn't eat them fast enough.
> My thoughts go out to those on the list affected by the storms,fires
> and flooding around the world.
> Mike
> RSA.
> Check out Westland at  http://www.minidata.co.nz/nztour/

Mike,

What is the typical summer temp you deal with?  Do you grow any annual
veg besides the tomatoes?  My impression of SA is of a fairly dry
place.  What do you consider a normal amount of rain?

Steve
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