The Gribin Isaf weather station hit 32 degrees today
Time for some cool as a courgette lunch
with broad beans
Perfect inside
with our own peas (still waiting for the tomatoes)
plus our lettuce, raspberries and elderflower champagne
The Lake was alive today
and friendly (with each other)
A romantic meet-up?
One left out
Some other visitors:
One of our bird feeders is monitored by a camera and towards the end of the afternoon there is a regular routine.
5:21 pm and it is squirrel time – a juvenile today
5:23 pm and it is the turn of the juvenile Woodpecker
5:35 pm and the Wood Pigeon juggernaut lands
6:19 pm is Jay time – another juvenile
Who knows what arrives after dark.
Behind the Door of Plenty
is much Bountifulness
Sometimes in the past we have suffered dropped Aubergine flowers. trying hard this year to get the watering right plus a bit of paintbrush tickling. Looking good so far
Chillies are less precocious but they will need a lot of hot sun
Borage is burgeoning
We have tried very hard to keep up succession sowing of Lettuce this year and managed to keep it going to use the outside beds as well us the tunnels
This means that lunch every day looks like this
Peas
of many colours
and more to come
If all the flowers on this spray of Idli tomatoes turn into fruit…
We are growing eight varieties this year – Chocolate Cherry, Ailsa Craig, Black Opal, Ildi, Rosella, Shirley, Sungold, Sweet Aperitif
Runner Beans on the up
Cabbage doing what Cabbage does
Broad Beans ready soon
Of course, we have too many Courgette plants
Nasturtiums for garnish
Cucumbers rising
Strawberries everywhere
Coriander always ready
Tarragon too
Not looking like a good year for Apples after a bumper crop last
Plums look ok
Currents, soon to be Red
And ones already Black
ready for fermenting
Berries, soon to be Blue
Squash swelling
Celeriac
Raspberries trying to escape
Caught them
Some little treasures spotted around the plot today.
It is the colour of this rose that is special to us and this year it is producing more blooms than ever
This one might not be as accessible to insects but it certainly packs in the petals
The male Chaser turns up every year and sits on the stump waiting for a female
The Golden-ringed dragonfly seems to prefer thistles
It is a good year for thistles – including the white ones
Ox-Eye Daisies are dominating in the Orchard meadow this year but the Poppies are getting a look in
together with one solitary Cornflower
No problem with insect access here
And the closer you look, the more marvels you see
Gribin Isaf 