We have had a wonderful bank holiday weekend.
Baking hot, beach picnics and even swims in the sea.
Several times, it has been too hot to do the usual kind of jobs for this time of the year. I ended up covering my bedding plants with fleece to stop them from frazzling. Steve put the liquid shading on the greenhouse glass which is very strange, seeing as the bubble plastic is still up, for insulation.
Planting out has been saved until cooler parts of the day and watering has been done twice in 24 hours.
Today we heard the cuckoo for the first time from our own garden.
How I love that sound.
I`m not surprised though. The insects flying around are myriad.
We perhaps chose the wrong day to put the tomatoes in the polytunnel but we managed it, with a few breaks outside.
The self-seeded tobacco plants are flowering already.
By the time the tomatoes were in, we were ready for a tea break.
We chose to sit in the shade of the orchard trees.
It was delightful.
I had to do quite a bit of watering especially the newly planted bedding.
I covered the gooseberries with some fleece to keep birds and gooseberry sawflies off.
The dahlias are showing through.
The pond looks much better since we cleared it out.
Here is the self-seeded willow that Tim pulled out.
It`s going to be planted elsewhere on the farm.
We`ve created a new sitting area with some old chairs we didn`t need at home any more. It is already popular.
The fairies have been busy washing all the fairy outfits.
They are ready for dressing up fun.
The fairy yurt has very pretty new bunting.
Hidden round the corner, the quince is in full flower with its big blowsy blooms. I wonder if we will get any fruit this year.
The broad beans are well away.
Steve has worked hard on the compost bins.
It feels good to have the area more organised.
We had asparagus with our dinner this evening. It is delicious and cropping very well.
And finally we were very pleased to see the alpacas are in residence.
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