With time pressing (it's only six days now until the event) I rose early this morning and was in the garden working by 7.30 a.m. A beautiful time to be in the garden on a lovely day as this one promises to be. Still mighty damp underfoot, but at least the weeds are easier to extract. With a 'to do' list as long as my arm I made a start but, as invariably happens in our garden, I became distracted by something else that needed to be done. Hence, here I am at the computer, having just about worn myself out moving a huge pile of cut off timber from the steps at the back of the house and bags of kindling to the garage in readiness for next winter. I was a Girl Guide, so I know the need to be prepared! I am rewarding myself with a cup of coffee before starting the second shift of the day.
The images above were taken a couple of days ago. The tomato is just one of quite a few now, on plants thriving in the greenhouse border. The courgette flower, on a plant in the raised veg bed. We've started eating our new potatoes and, as I dug up the plants to get at the potatoes, I filled in the resulting space with Turks Turban squash plants. Not a variety I've grown before, but chosen for its very appealing markings. We have flowers on our runner bean plants, and on the purple dwarf beans too but little else in the raised beds shows much sign of life yet.
Our new roses continue to tease by showing lots of buds, but keeping their flowers still tightly furled. There are also buds on the verbena bonariensis and several of the dahlias and cosmos, both recently planted to fill in gaps in the long border. Fingers crossed that this little sunny interlude will continue as promised by the weathermen and the buds will burst forth just in time for Sunday, 12 o'clock!
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