Well Swan Hill was officially the driest place in the state in 2015, no wonder none of my plants did great

The other week we had five days straight of 41 degrees! Now we have a blue-green algae alert on which means I have to water like mad and then try and get my dam refilled before it reaches our area. If we get it in our dam it makes all the water unuseable except for watering lawns. Any food plants watered with it can no longer be eaten and you cant use it for animal water or even let it touch your skin which would completely stuff us as we use our dam water for everything in the house bar drinking