Still too hot for me ☀️

 It was cool this morning , but we had to go out . 

      Take some rubbish to the tip ....

........ and take a few bits over to my friend . She wanted some of those soft velvety Mullein leaves ....I gave her one of my Lemon verbena plants and a small bunch of Lavender .

Next year I intend to grow more of the Mullein . Only had two come up this year.

    We got a coffee for Ricardo and a hot chocolate for me and sat over looking the Boating Lake in Helston .

      By the time we came home the temperature was climbing again . 

I had wanted to tidy the area around the greenhouse , but the heat was just too much for me .

Too hot for me to be sweeping and weeding out the paving slabs , moving heavy tubs and re-potting things . So it will have to wait until tomorrow morning when it will be nice and cool .

Ricardo loves the sun and he has been busy cutting the grass , strimming and  tidying the labyrinth .

Lavender - update 🌿🪻🪻

  

My young plants are coming along nicely now . Time to clip them all back a bit to encourage them to become more compact and bushy little shrubs .

I climbed in and picked lots of lovely Lavender and clipped the Chives back .

 It is so nice to have Lavender growing away again in my garden . It's been a couple of years since my old Lavender bush became woody and withered away .

  

                         I left some for the bees !

                 Then off up to the shed.....to play with them !

And had a very pleasant hour or so sorting them out into bundles and tying them up with string to dry for a week or two .

                 I put this tray underneath to catch any precious bits .

                              The shed smells heavenly now !

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I repotted my Equisetum hyemale  and I wish I had taken more photos whilst doing it , as I found several interesting pond snails .🐚🌿🐚

   They were attached to the plastic basket ; so I left it in there , so they can crawl off .......slide ..............🤔... o.k...... slither ..... 🐚 🌿🐚🐚

Courgettes are coming along. Still a bit small . Got to keep and eye on them or they will get too big very quickly . I don't want them too small , I want to feed hungry tummies !

                                    Maybe tomorrow !  

I water this Keyhole/ Pumpkin bed early in the morning . I did a bit of hoeing here this morning too .

                               That's all fer now my lovelies !

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