Going with the Flow

 I can`t remember the last time it rained and now some areas near us are on a hosepipe ban for 3 weeks. Many plants have been discarded because they are suffering. I have pulled up aubergines in the polytunnel as well as cucumbers. Luckily our cucumbers at home have been prolific since the end of May. On some days we have picked as many as 20. Some have gone to the food bank based in Rye.

The sweetpea row at home has gone. The one at the garden is hanging by a thread. Many annuals finished prematurely which is so sad after all the care and attention they have had.

But we have to go with the flow, even if its not water.

Many campers are commenting on how beautiful the garden is and I think they are focussed on the sunflowers and tithonia which are loving the conditions and are not even being watered.

As we look back along the garden we can see the dryness has outlined the foundations of an old silo that once stood on the spot.

The biggest surprise is the damson crop, after the very late frosts. I have actually made the first damson jam of the season. The next picking will need a ladder.

 

 

 

We keep the old trough watered and the witch keeps a watchful eye. But just look at the surrounding grass.

 

I peeped into the mini yurt and found the table had been laid for goodness knows who ..... the fairies perhaps?

 

The pond is surviving. Dragonflies and damselflies are flitting around.

And the wedding trailer had a different tractor today.