Clouds ! It's so good to see some clouds this morning .
I don't think any rain is forecast though .
My last flower arrangement lasted a good two weeks , but today it was looking a bit sad , so I went out into the garden to gather some more .
Sticking to the patriotic theme of red , white and blue again ....we have had some hot but very windy days. The garden has taken quite a battering . My lovely gladioli were smashed down . I have picked a couple of them so they won't be wasted . Everything is looking so dry in the main ornamental part of the garden . I can't remember when we last had proper rain ! I have only been watering the vegetable garden .
Just one Agapanthus flower helped to fill it out ! I hope the Gladioli will recover .
Crocosmia "Lucifer" , Blue hydrangea , Ox-eye Daisies, Pittosporum and Cotinus coggygria "Royal Purple ".
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Quick update ----
Courgettes !!! 🤗💚🌿
In my happy place earlier this morning .
My Snack-bite Red Sweet Peppers are looking amazing !
Pelargonium Amethyst is still putting on a lovely show .
Flowers like little stars !
Passiflora manicata is growing well . I think I'm going to repot it into a much bigger pot and put it into one corner of the greenhouse where it can grow like crazy and hopefully flower . Red ! It's going to have a red flower ! 🤗 Ooh there's a little cucumber !
In amongst the Monstera delicosa vine I find another one ready to pick .
I grow just enough for two and I take some over to my daughter if she needs them . The rest I slice in half , open freeze and bag up for the freezer . We are still using up last year's harvest .
Watering everything is becoming absolute drudgery now 😒 ..... we really need some proper rain .
We had some mizzle the night before last , but really , the dew on the grass was more plentiful than the overnight rain .
The sun is shining but it's blowing a gale here ! and it has been like this for the last two or three days .
I'm having a quiet day today ....
