There's morning ice on the windscreen even in the carport, the shadows begin to thicken about 4pm, and the days when "getting dressed" involved pulling one garment up and another down are just a dream...
Subscribe now for unlimited access . Login or signup to continue reading $ 0 / $ NaN /year All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today's Paper Breaking news alerts direct to your inbox Interactive Crosswords, Sudoku and Trivia All articles from the other regional websites in your area Continue It's time to remind ourselves why Canberra winters are wonderful. 1.
Rest and be thankful. The grass mown three weeks ago hasn't grown a millimetre, and will stay neat(ish) and short for a couple of months, or even longer if the wallabies, wombats, bower birds and roos keep chomping it. Even the weeds have slowed down their growth, though they are still popping up - that's why they are weeds.
2. Citrus become sweeter and juicier after a frost, which is why home-grown Canberra-region oranges taste sweeter than the ones grown in Queensland. Just now we have ripe early oranges, with medium and late cropping oranges to come; seed-filled mandarins; cumquats, calamondin, Eureka lemons, citrons, tangelos, Tahitian limes, and green and red finger limes.
The secret with citrus is to give them well drained soil - dig the hole, fill with water, and if it hasn't drained away in three minutes, consider building a small hill in the backyard for citrus. Frost makes our home-grown .
