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Hello little Hoverfly

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                       🌿 Verbascum thapsus  🌿  Greater Mullein 🌿

Another hot day ☀️

 So we had a little rain and it was a joy to go stand out in it yesterday evening .

It was another uncomfortable and thundery night .

Fog returned early in the morning but quickly dispersed and I got two loads of washing out and dry on the line . Feeling pleased with myself to have done  a bit of ironing too . 

I decided to get on and pot up one of my Furcraea plants . 

 I am slowly tidying up the area by the greenhouse . I am hoping the Hop will come back in there too . It was really neglected for months while I was out of action with my spine injury ....but I know that the roots are still in there and hopefully that will resurface at some stage . 

     The earth , a mixture of garden earth and some fresh compost was bone dry .

I gave it some fresh compost and two full watering cans of nice fresh rain water . 

 Then to check on those big cacti , that you can see through the window .

            All is well with those monsters at the top of my greenhouse .

Since the beginning of Spring I have been giving this Dioscorea elephantipes a little trickle of water to wake it up very gradually .

                      Today I noticed a nice green shoot !  🤩🌿

I need to pull that cactus out . It was a just a little piece that broke off another plant and fell into this pot  , and I just left it and now it has it's roots well and truly down and mingling with the Dioscorea elephantipes roots !  

  I can not remember what this cactus is called ...the name has long worn off the plant label . I need to get my big old cactus book out and look it up .  What is this thing ?!  It is on the tip of my tongue....but I just can't remember it ! 

 It looks like it doesn't have cactus spines as such , but believe me it does ! 😱 Nasty glochids ! Even if you only slightly , accidently , brush past it ! 😱🌵

      I still love it though !  🌵💚☺️

At some stage I will give them both some love . 

    I'll repot them both separately with nice new labels and horticultural grit .

Anyway ....

All of a sudden , further up the greenhouse bench , cucumbers are appearing fast !

            I gave everything a drink . Everybody happy !

     A nice glass of water chilling in the fridge for me too !

  Off for our walk in a little while . Just gonna have a little flop beside my fan  .

         Hope you're all keeping cool and hydrated !  ☀️

                                 love Debbie 💐 x

Extreme Heatwave ☀️

I have spent most of the last two days just lying on my bed feeling very sick in this extreme heat !

I get heat stroke very easily ....and it is horrible .

Meanwhile the menfolk have been busy cutting , twizzling and baling up the hay.

 

 Flashes of fork lightning and rumbling thunder just as they got the work done .

                            We knew that rain was on the way .

Still feeling sick , but I managed to plant out some of my Cosmos into this tub .

  I still have more to plant out around the garden . It'll have to wait until the weather cools down and when I am feeling better .

I,ve put out some of my indoor plants to catch a refreshing drink over-night .

 Hopefully I can get some sleep tonight , window open to feel the cooling breeze and listen to the rain .

               Hope everyone is keeping comfortable in this extreme heat .

                     All I can write for today folks .... sorry 😔

                                 Peace and Love 🕊️

                                            Debbie 💐x