Awful weather - typical Brits talk

twopenny

Love the Crocosmia ? photo Farway. Amazing what beautiful things are right under our noses and you seem to have a talent for spotting them.

That's some good display Dusty. Look how big your apples are.

Had a fun day yesterday so it's about reducing the household list today.
 It's stopped raining but everything is wet so there'll be no lawn mowing but stewing apples is to be done and blackberries to be picked. The flavour isn't good as it's watery now but you take what you can. 

Dustyevsky

Yes, we have a tree that produces whopping apples,2p. They're good cookers too, but they didn't win. Neither did our eaters. I told Mrs Dusty an eater should be red, but she said the red variety was too variable, and all had imperfections, so there you go. 

You must've kept your orchids a while if they're now re-flowering.  We've been swamped with the ones a certain chain store throws out, so it's been continuous flowers, and then....compost!  They probably do strangethings at the nursery to have them in flower all year round! 

Farway's crocosmia seed head is indeed a work of art. However, I'm going off 'Lucifer,' which demands so much space, even in our borders. No wonder the original clump only cost £1 from an open garden. People can have most of ours for free! 

The tarpaulin didn't blow away yesterday, but the roof light on the caravan did! Smashed to bits.  I've put a big bucket in there. Fortunately, it's not mine to mend. Someone will probably want to use it at half-term, so.....

When all the windy kerfuffle stopped, yesterday evening, I ventured into the polytunnel and saw what I'd been seeking in the latter part of summer....a Hummingbird Hawk Moth!  Trouble was, by the time I'd fetched my camera, the sun was almost down and the light fading fast. I managed a few shots, but knew it was hopeless trying to achieve anything sharp. I'll post the 'better' ones later. 

Meanwhile, here are the undeserving 1st prize toms. One even has a blemish! 

OT: Sunny, breezy start. Clouds-up and becomes calmer later, they say. More heavy rain tonight. No mowing yet, 2p!

Farway

Dull, windy and looks like rain 

Hope the caravan gets fixed Dusty, maybe by those more agile and a vested interest.

Not much gardening to report, too damp, but I still want to get out there & cut back the old blackberry canes

twopenny said:

Love the Crocosmia ? photo Farway. Amazing what beautiful things are right under our noses and you seem to have a talent for spotting them. 

It's more case of need, I'd really prefer to be in, say, Machu Pichuu or maybe on a safari, but health & wealth [lack of] prevent that, so it's back mainly garden stuff. 

Here's a happy tomato