Heatwave continues 78 degrees F

 Hot hot hot 78 degrees F  and rising . I picked a lovely bowlful of courgettes early this morning . I normally like to pick them when they are larger , more to fill our tummies rather than smaller , but today I am picking all of them big and small , because I think if I leave them on they will just cook where they are growing in this heat .

Very happy to have plenty for us and also to take over to my daughter .

So I'm walking around reaching in over the chicken-wire to cut the courgettes ,when I caught sight of this !

What ?!!!   It's a rabbit burrow !  I think . 

Then had a falling out with my husband who wanted to just fill it in ! 

How could anyone be so cruel ! There might be a little rabbit still in there or a big fat toad  , they also dig in to the earth to keep themselves cool .

I peered in as best I could but couldn't see anyone . I didn't want to put my hand in there in case there was a big spider or some other creature .

So I very tentatively  pushed a bamboo cane in ..... nothing came running out to bite me , thank God ! 

Yep it's a dead end ...no tunnel , I'm quite sure of it . So where has  "it" gone ? The courgette and sweetcorn bed is surrounded with chicken -wire . I am going to have to check it all around .

Strange that it didn't eat anything and I am very glad of that !  

I will fill it in , but not just yet . It's too hot . 

I put Mr Slithery to keep a look out for trouble .

I think this is what my husband had in mind !

I,d never harm any creature , we should live in harmony with our beautiful wild animals .

Wow it is so hot here . If we are still friends , then we might go for a walk along the cliffs later on .

Have a beautiful Sunday my lovelies ! Take care in this heatwave  💛

Heat wave 72 degrees F

              Too hot for me . Up early to be cool and enjoy the summer flowers .

I watch the bees on the Runner-bean flowers .

I'm happy to see a few beans coming .

Everything is growing away so lush now .

The perennial celery is flowering . I want to save the seeds from this and have it in another area of the veg garden . 

Oh ... everything is so beautiful ....it is so important to go out , look at and love it all !

There is so much to do . I need to prune the grape-vine  ....before it takes over the world .

I might do that this evening ,when it is cooler .

I also need to cut the willow shoots up in the meadow and think about making some wreaths and star decorations .....maybe have another go at making a basket . If not, then cut it up for kindling .

In the solar shed , the Tomatoes are going crazy .  I have pulled up the foil sheet  to show you in between  and under them are the dwarf beans and Cavolo nero kale . It is a bit of a crush but they all look happy , healthy and I keep them well watered . The foil sheet reflects the light for them beautifully . I am very pleased I thought of doing this ..it works ! 

                                       This is nothing , you should see it now !

The problem I have now is that my husband has organised a new Workshop and woodshed  and so we have to clear everything out of there ....and put what we can in here . 

I will still need to be able to get in here to water everything . There is so much stuff . 

I think it will be arriving in three weeks time . Husband always leaves everything till the last moment . 

Anyway , I made a start and have now moved most of my gardening equipment  into this shed . 

I also have to move  hundreds of pots and tubs from around the workshop and I will help to clear out the woodshed of the remaining fire wood...and then I would like to think that I have done my bit .

If only ! 

....and it is too hot for all this  !  72 degrees F