Hover-fly and the Great Mullein
Yesterday was very warm and sunny . ☀️I can't work in the garden when it is this hot .☀️
I did get a huge load of washing dry on the line , which really pleased me . I don't have a tumble drying machine .
I also don't have a dishwasher and quite enjoy washing up the old fashioned 🎶"for hands that do dishes"🎶way in my cheerful lime-green washing up bowl full of lemon scented bubbles with my yellow rubber gloves . And through the kitchen window I enjoy watching the blue tits, goldfinches , robins and squirrels on the bird feeders .....and the occasional woodpecker . The blackbirds come in for grapes here ....then fly over to my friend's garden where they dine on apples and fat-balls !
Washing up time , is time to quieten my mind .
However I do appreciate someone else grabbing a tea-towel and giving me a helping hand .
Sorry - that was a bit of my waffling on .....
Back out into the garden , I'm enjoying all the wild herbs and this is one of my favourites .
I love the stately Great Mullein with it's velvety soft leaves .
It pops up wherever it will and the bees love it . 🐝
It is my flower of the week !
🤍 Looking deeply meditation time 🕊️
Then work to be done . The weather is changing ...rain coming tomorrow ...may be heavy rain with some rumbles of thunder thrown in......as they say !
I decided to take up the pathetic onions and get them on a rack to dry in the shed .
If I do a close up photo ....I could pretend they were lovely big onions ! 🤣
But the truth is , they are all just a pathetic bunch of tiddlers !
lol !
The log pile is growing ! We are so grateful ! 🙏🏻🤍🌿
While I was taking up my onions , I noticed a couple of parsnips coming up !
Very surprised to see them . Of course that little sprunch of leaves might just be only one parsnip !
Made me chuckle !
I threw down a whole packet of seeds back at the beginning of March or thereabouts .
I had given up on them ! But now .....well ..... 🌧️⛈️🌧️....hmmm ......
Hopefully , if we get the forecasted rain tonight/tomorrow , it might help to germinate a few more !
⛈️ Hoping for rain again ...sorry everyone ! ⛈️🌧️⛈️🤣 lol !
Have a great weekend ! xxx
So much of the veg garden I had given up on, but some bits have started to recover.
ReplyDeleteGlad things are recovering for you . There is still plenty of time for sowing and growing . I'm determined to process as much of it as I can and either use it or chop it up and freeze it this year . It's been lashing down with rain here this morning ⛈️🌧️🌿
DeleteI have a dishwasher called, Martyn. Our onions are still growing, It will be a month or two before we left them
ReplyDelete🤣Oh you made me laugh ! lol ! I have just finished chopping the biggest of my pathetic onions and got them into the freezer A free flow packs . 🌿I have snipped up all the fresh green leaves to bag up separately for when I make champ or colcannon . I don't know why I hadn't thought of doing it this way before . I might process my celery next . ⛈️🌧️Maybe I should have waited a bit longer before taking up my onions ..hhm....not sure .. Have a great weekend ! 💐
DeleteWe lift our onions when the tops bend over as that is a sign that they won't put on any more growth.
DeleteYep you're right , I think I could have left mine for a bit longer . 🌿☀️x
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