Clouds but still no rain

                  Clouds in the sky ....but still no rain .

A little bit cooler today ....I wearily gathered up all the rose bush clippings and harvested a few things from the vegetable garden . 

                                   Very happy me !

                                           More on the way !

 Not so many flowers in the garden at the moment , so I have done a more simple arrangement for the table this week .  

 Just a few blue Hydrangeas , laurel , Miscanthus sinensis strictus and Cotinus coggygria "Royal Purple " 

                 Now looking very grand on the table .

               Then on with the gloves and to bring in some fire-wood .

I'm bringing in a little everyday now  , getting ready for the Winter again .

 Rather to do this while the sun is shining , than when it's cold , windy and raining .... a miserable job then .

I had thrown a left over half of a melon out on the lawn  for the blackbirds really ...but the butterflies were relishing it . 

                        Plums not quite ready yet .

                           Lots of French beans coming now .

  Lots of French beans and this year my peas have done exceptionally well !

                                   Pretty Purple Podded Peas !

             I have had no time to myself ; too busy playing in the garden ! 

     Oh ...I did manage to do a little on a road trip ....but not much .

I cut back my lovely clump of Impatiens tinctoria  , it had finished flowering and beginning to wilt in the heat .  Cutting it back will encourage it to put out fresh growth and more lovely white flowers .

    I did a light weeding around here and lopped off a few of the more tatty Chamaerops humilis leaves . Laying them down on any bare earth to keep the moisture in .

  The weather is going to heat up again , we are warned of yet another heatwave and drought .

 🕊️ My heart and prayers goes out for everyone in places suffering from the extreme hot weather and battling with trying to extinguish fires . Terrifying 😔  I do hope that rain comes soon . 🕊️

                                                Cosmos

   The Sweetpeas were finished and so I pulled them out and replaced with my Cosmos seedlings . 

   I'm not watering everything . Just the Cosmos , Impatiens tinctoria and the Banana plants . 

     I am making sure there is plenty of food and water for visiting wildlife  . 

                               So that all for now my friends !

                             Peace and Love 🕊️🌿

                                                  Debbie 💐x

Roses and Potatoes

 

                              Lovely climbing rose back in June .

Early this morning we had a very mean sprinkle of mizzle .  The water barrels are still empty .       Anyway it meant that for the first time this summer , I was able to do a few jobs in the ornamental garden . 

The climbing rose which looked at it's very best last month , now needed some serious attention . 

The petals were dropping into the crown of my Musa basjoo below .

So now the rose has almost finished flowering , I thought I'd give it a good tidy up and tie in some of the remaining branches to encourage it to grow the other way .

I went in quite hard , but there are still some sprays of fresh rose buds to come .

                            Musa basjoo  ( fairly hardly in my location )

It's looking very dry . I'm going to give it a good feed and a drink , put a good mulch around the bottom .  I want it to get nice and strong in order to get through next winter . This banana plant is quite hardy here in my location S.W. Cornwall .

  It has been cooler this morning , but they are saying that we are going to have another period of very hot weather , coming by next Wednesday .

      Musa ensete "maurelii  ( needs to be brought under cover for the Winter )

As for this banana plant , well , Musa ensete "maurelii" looks to be doing really well . . . . but I will give that a feed and a good long drink . . . I'll be digging it up again in a month's time and dragging it under cover for the winter .

Ricardo has been on Spuds in tubs duty and with all the joy of an eight year old proudly presented me with all of these from just one Spud tub !   🤗

                      ....and he scrubbed them all nice and clean too !  

          That's all fer today folks , hope you're having a great weekend .

                                             love Debbie 💐x

                                                   🌿☀️🌿🌦️🌿

Courgettes and Butternut Squash 🌿☀️

 Grass is SO dry ! Everything is so dry . I am exhausted from watering !

           Tap water is making the Butternut Squash leaves turn yellow .

                          Oh ! How we need some rain please !

No sign of any Butternuts yet . One or two flowers . Might give it a bit of a feed .

                Lots of courgettes coming now though .

          Hope you're having a great weekend !

                                                          🌿☀️🌿