Six Minutes v Six Months

We hear tell that some people in far-off CityLand can have food items delivered to their home within a matter of minutes.

We prefer things the slow way.

Seeds planted in February…

…six months later:

Well worth the wait.

Butterfly Days

We have had small populations of a variety of butterflies this year but no large numbers.

This week we have had quite a number of Peacocks and Red Admirals

They fly up from the meadow and particularly like this white buddleia

Some look recently hatched but some have been round the block a few times

We have plenty of nettle beds but very rarely seen signs of eggs or caterpillars

Late Sunshine

Today the sun returned

Here is one of bees taking advantage

There have been a few Red Admirals around. This one had realised that buddleia is where they are meant to be seen

Our youngest batch of pullets enjoyed the warmth

We went foraging for wine ingredients

Here’s to more sunny days

Sunny Vegetables?

Perhaps at this latitude at in this climate we should stick to peas and beans

with now, or course, more runners than we can eat

The tunnel is bursting with large tomato trusses – all green – waiting for heat and sun to ripen. And waiting…

Each day we manage to pick a handful

Some peppers are coming along

And aubergines are doing better this year having had more care and attention in the greenhouse

The smaller tunnel has been taken over by cucumber plants

which are trying to keep up with the cougettes