Awful weather - typical Brits talk

twopenny

Oooo Mini Munch sounds perfect for me 🙂 I like cucumber but the bought one always goes off.

Do you think it would grow in a pot?

When I was little I was always sent to my great aunts greenhouse to measure the cucumbers 😊 guess that really helped me into gardening.

Dustyevsky

Farway: Just refreshed and Dusty edit. "They must go to make room for more attractive/rarer species."
Bean tree? Tell you what, if space and enough years left, trinity of bean tree, handkerchief Tree & Judas tree. what a sight come spring

Here's what AI imagined, could you fit them in Dusty or is it one for Rottery Acres?

Theoretically, there was a mature handkerchief tree when we arrived here. The previous owners built a huge bonfire close to it, and burned all they didn't want to take away. Half of the tree died, and a half tree's no good. 😭

My potted Judas Tree from seed also died in the harsh winter after we got here.😖

I think it's a bit late for the bean tree now, but we have two Wild Service Trees, several Purple Beeches, American and English Oak, a Ginkgo, and even a European Nettle Tree. Personal favourites now also include about half a dozen Cockspur Thorns….but not when I'm mowing under them! 😆

Having a break from back-breaking filling the drains etc uncovered in the front path job, abandoned during the big heat. I've finally accounted for a stopcock and pipe which has nothing to do with our modern plumbing system. Back in the mists of time, when a wealthy farmer owned this place, he gave one of his aged hands a plot on what's now our front drive. The old guy lived out the rest of his days in a caravan there, so the pipe would have been his water supply. We've already found one end of his drains, attached to ours…. Those were the days, eh? Or perhaps not. By all accounts, the elderly guy didn't have a long retirement. 😕

wort

Tonight's sunset , had a down pour a few rumbles of thunder and hour ago and then this

twopenny

Beautiful! That's an amazing shot.

We've got a few rumbles of thunder. Some way away. Maybe over Dusty 😉

I can't match that sunset but we had an amazing huge double rainbow, such deep colours. Sadly I couldn't capture it on my tablet and the clouds came over before I get the camera.

Raining all afternoon and evening. The birds love it