It was scorchio again on Sunday. Two of us and Bronte the Golden Retriever had a ride out over to the Beara peninsula opposite us and we stopped for breakfast in Castletown Beare.
Bronte particularly enjoyed the cooked sausages we saw.
Then we drove over through Ardgroom and Lauragh and on to Kenmare.
The wild purple ponticum Rhododendrons seemed to be putting on a floral display for us.
They love the acidic peaty Irish soil and become a pernicious weed problem in Kerry and Killarney especially. Costing millions of Euros to try to eradicate this beautiful invasive shrub.
Then we drove to Kenmare and walked a short saunter next to Kenmare bay.
People were swimming and walking and cycling and a big John Deere tractor had a tedder making hay in MAY. The dust rose from the parched dry fields.
I took a few photos for your perusal:
No camping but your welcome to enjoy the surroundings.
I have never known a Spring like it. There's supposed to be some very welcome showers tomorrow and a deluge of rain at the weekend.
My pot plants are suffering from a lack of rain and my attempts at watering is not achieving very much.
If only it could just rain at night.
It all looks lovely - just like being in Portugal!
ReplyDeleteA lot more expensive like England JayCee.
ReplyDeleteOh for overnight rain, I would be happy with 2 days of rain, the ground needs it as does our reservoirs, I've passed on most of my plants, only having zinnias, asters and french marigolds left in pots, they will be big enough to go into the ground in a few weeks. I have started seeds for next years flower garden.
ReplyDeleteA lot of my plants in pots are burning up. Yet the ones in the ground are fine. We are supposed to get showers tomorrow and very heavy rain at the weekend. The ground is parched and rock hard. I think a lot of the rain will just wash off. Hopefully it will make our new potatoes grow and swell. Succulent plants like our 3 different kinds of Sedum store water and are coping very well I have never known a Spring like this one Marlene.
ReplyDeleteHeavy rainfall is the last thing we need, dry soil does not let the rain through,
DeleteI agree. A day or two of soft persistent rain is what we need. I hope our potatoes don't get blight when the rain returns.
DeleteRhododendrons a pernicious weed? Hard to imagine. Lovely flowers.
ReplyDeleteWe had a bit of rain but I'll have to go and water the pots today
Killarney National Park have spent 2.7 million Euros removing Rhododendrons Linda. It's a beautiful nuisance. Especially the wild purple variety. I am watering every day.
ReplyDeleteAt The Happy To Chat Bench....
ReplyDelete"Hi there, I'm Dave. Nice to meet you. Mind if I sit down?"
"Yes I do mind. I'm Yorkshire Pudding so feck off!"
"But this is The Happy to Chat Bench!"
"If you don't feck off, it'll be The Happy to Pulverise Bench!"
Very true. There could be a: What's It got To Do With You Bench?
ReplyDeleteYou live in a beautiful part of the world, Dave. It looks glorious there on the Bay, and you must be reluctant to tear yourself away from a place like that. Did Bronte get to enjoy a swim?
ReplyDeleteIreland is on my increasingly growing list of places I need to explore.
Ireland is very beautiful Jules. It's population is very small. It's expensive to live and infrastructure like public transport is very scarce in rural Ireland. No we managed to persuade Bronte to go for a saunter. Golden Retrievers love water. Thanks Jules.
ReplyDeleteI'd gladly send you rain - we had another 93ml on Sunday. Fortunately it's free draining here so no mud, but it's pretty miserable sitting out another monsoon like deluge. I guess thing in the ground can reach their roots downward after the retreating water and hang on a bit longer than plants in pots or tubs.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the last four winters here TM. The water does help the plants in the ground.
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