Sizzling September

The past few days have been sizzlers. For two days running we`ve been for an early morning swim at Pett Level. Today we took our lunch and met up with family too.

Yesterday we decided to get the two new trees in....not the best time, in such heat, but they have been in their pots for long enough.

The space was cleared earlier but the digging was hard in 30 degrees.

The holes were quite large. We used the lovely topsoil and watered them very well.

Here is the quince.

Here is the crabapple.

We hope they will frame the view.

Anne has been busy spreading the new chippings. A new load has been delivered and I think we will complete the rest of the paths with it.

We finished harvesting the damsons.....more jam and more frozen, though there is no space left in the freezers now.

The damson tree which is "Merryweather" is a little out of hand and unfortunately we have missed the window for trimming it. We will have to wait til next year now.

It is too tall to reach the fruit without using a ladder.

 

The pumpkins have been harvested. Although we love the big ones, it is much easier to process the smaller ones.

The dahlias continue to delight.

This one got stuck in the netting.

Some of the melons have been marked but we ate the biggest today and it was delicious.

They are called "Melba."

 

 

Borlotti beans and red cabbage.

 

Cucumbers still coming thick and fast.

The polytunnel was 48 degrees inside yesterday.

The sweetpea row has been dismantled, the area dug over and manure spread.

 Cardoons gone to seed and rudbeckia in full glory.

Sedums colouring up and attracting insects.

 

Late blooms on the roses.

I have new plans for this area. It is supposed to be a wild flower space but hasn`t been very successful for two years. Watch this space.