the heat has been too hard on the camelia and azaleas we planted. even the geraniums couldn't stand the heat this year, no amount of watering them would have saved them unless I had an ingrown timed water system, the grass is so dry and brown and dirt rather than green. I was watering them later in the evening after I was sunburnt but they didn't pick up. it makes me upset really. the chooks next door dug out all the small lavenders and lobelias and even the gerberas have strangled and only 2 of the larger lavenders survived, the sage is wilting and the silverbeet got over flooded from a downpour only once but so heavy. it's upsetting. this heat has taken everyone harshly. I can't stand it. I wish I could find a place that was like our winter all year round and move there. its unreasonable to live here anymore under these conditions.