Internet down (again) for three days this week and the problem is that when we can communicate we are overwhelmed with the pace of things.
Turn your back on a plant and it erupts with something new
This red hawthorne was planted in memory of Muriel so exceptionally exciting to see the first show of colour
We were wondering if our runner beans would germinate. We betrayed them by buying in some seedlings
We looked behind us at the Greenhouse
and later that day found this
You just let trees get on with life and then look up and see that several inches of new growth have appeared while your back was turned
Goodness know what the bees have been doing while we weren’t looking
but we are ready for expansion
the Bumblebees look after themselves
The late Spring has compressed the season into a couple of weeks. The Apple blossom came and behind our back dropped the petals
to get on with the next stage
The bird feeders continue to be busy
and with the ground baked dry we put out mealworms for the Blackbirds