Awful weather - typical Brits talk

twopenny

Another hot day with interrupted sleep and the wind dropped yesterday. Not much better this morning.

Just moving the potted geraniums round the side. 13 in small pots I'm fed up with watering when the flowers mostly die. Round the side in the shade and I can just chuck some water on as I go.

Flocks of little birds with the odd blackbird and pigeon are around. They didn't seem to bother with a second brood and the wildlife on the moor is desperate again.

Hardly any farm animals are in the fields with the heat and lack of grass. Prices will rise again.

Think it's just watering again today and feeding. Tomatoes are coming but mostly the little yellow ones I did from taking last years seed.

Do you remember when tomatoes dropped in price in the summer because so many people grew their own?

Farway

Rain & Walnut envy here. Supposed to be our last boiling day of 30, back to "normal" mid twenties from tomorrow

Early start due to heat again. Out feeding & watering all the pots at the front first thing while still cool. The large dahlias, Cafe Au Lait type, have fat buds now showing some colour, next stage is have T & M have sent the correct plants?

Too hot to exert myself on gardening, just a bit of mooching about. I do need to dead some daises butt hat is about it

OT, about teenagers, as you know I have a horticultural DGD currently getting boffed up Cheltenham way . Now I find I have a niece of DDIL, niece is in Macau, hands up who knew you could get a job doing this? She was part of GB gymnast team and is now part of this. Talk of experiences and stick it on your CV.

Nearly hour video BTW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76evO48YXAk

Dustyevsky

Bet that show's a wow in Macau! TBH I just dipped into it. They have some interesting laws there, but perhaps I should stay on topic for once.😇

Last night's rain did a power of good. It even set the stream going. While we needed it, seeing Somerset on Wednesday made me realise how lucky our area's been thus far. 🤔

With the slightly lower temperature (25c) I'm going to attempt some DIY work on my friend's pergola today. We have to add wires for the grapes and clematis to wind their merry way along.

Apart from that it's just watering in the polytunnel. The rest is done. 😀

I think we have the same small Buddleia, Farway. I nicked mine from DD2 who loses labels, so it might be one of the 'Buzz' series. The bees and butterflies don't care about its pedigree, anyway. 🤩