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Not bad outside in the shade, but the sun is a bit ~~burny~~ ~~burney~~ ~~burnie~~ fierce.
I got some good gardening work done. I moved some perrenial leeks, put together some bamboo supports and planted some climbing beans. I've also pulled up a couple of rows of bricks next to the house and added some compost mix for a narrow garden bed. I planted some corriander seeds in the prime position under the air conditioning water pipe. The position gets some direct sun but not all day and not in the afternoon. Hopefully it is a suitable spot and they won't just bolt to seed like every other time I have planted corriander. I guess if they do I try again in another spot.
I'm just soaking up every bit of this weather, so much delightful sun and warmth without any of that blasted humidity!
Most of my plants are doing well thanks to a friend's periodic watering, although my floors were dirty because she wore her shoes indoors :c small price to pay for keeping my plants going this long. Some things are a bit crispy but not excessively so. I'll need to do some tidying up later thsi week. It's also time for me to heavily prune the big curry leaf plant again as all the leaves are at the ends and it's looking leggy. At least they're mature enough to use - I might keep the harvest in the freezer. Or make a nice healthy herbal rice porridge...
Good luck with your coriander seeds. My entire balcony is no longer suited to the picky bastards until April next year probably.
I'm glad your plants are doing well. I don't think anywhere is particularly suited to coriander over our blazing hot summers. I'm hoping this patch will give me decent growth over spring/early summer as it is quite cool & damp. I'm not sure it will get enough sun over winter there though, I may need a second winter patch.