114mm rain total (106mm last year). Fields around got a slightly late start but are reasonable at season's end.
June 63.0mm falling on eight days (43.8mm on one day).
July 26.6mm over thirteen days.
August 25.4mm over eleven days.
Winds not extreme, though strong on a couple days (south easterly wind was the worst, unusually).
Maybe a handful of minor mild frosts at end of season, didn't freeze up on actual garden beds though.
June three days with minimums below 0'C.
July 0 days with minimums below 0'C.
August five days with minimums below 0'C.
Weeding program kicked into gear through August, would finish early September. Began the whole thing late July with harvesting of nettles for nettle 'tea' and then moved along, either concentrating on particular areas, or on particular species of weed as they started threatening to throw deep roots / drop bulbs / seed.
Cardboard covered front and back 'cottage garden' sites for weed suppression from the middle of winter (will probably have practically sterilised the soil), to be populated with plants in spring or after summer.
Propogation has been main activity, with around 100 plants in small to small-medium pots at present and 35 cuttings in the trays (will expand this with large number in near future). Beans grew well, potatoes died off around turn of season (still to dig up spuds to see if was worth it), dill grew well in sun and shelter but not so elsewhere, silverbeet preferred sun but dealt with shade, coriander wanted sun, brussel sprouts grow best in sun and shelter but tolerate shade.
A lot of thought into how to develop yard and plantings through spring into summer.
