It has been fiercely hot today . I did a quick check around the garden early this morning .
Runner-beans still looking o.k.😊 I noticed a couple of shallots coming up at last !
Courgettes , Butternuts and Courgette plants are still there .
Thirsty plants ...I will water them tomorrow morning ...trying to encourage them to put their roots down deeper .
I'm so glad I rescued my chives ( they had been nibbled almost to the ground by bunnykins 🐰) .
I planted them in with my Lavender and the bees and butterflies are loving them !
My Snap-Dragons are looking their best in their second year . Also much loved by the bees .
I sat watching them ...listening to their busy humming as they climb into each flower .
The climbing and short beans are looking o.k too .
This beautiful butterfly closed it's wings just as I went to take a photo .....
.......... then opened up again ......
Too hot to do anything today . Made a mental note of things I have to do .
Mostly weeding . ..... maybe tomorrow morning early .
I want to transplant a couple of Echiums into the front garden .
Yep , maybe tomorrow .
Self sown Echium seedlings . 🌿
Impatiens tinctoria ...lots of buds ..this Impatiens stays in a well behaved clump
unlike Impatiens glandulifera also known as Himalayan balsam which is a real thug .
Native to tropical Africa and I assume that parts of the plant can be used for dye ... I might try it when I get some free time !
The flower of this is beautiful white and fragrant . Watch this space for an update !
Weeds ! Weeds !
Need to earth over these exposed Dahlia roots !
Left over hazel poles...might make another teepee somewhere else in the garden .
I have a couple of climbing roses that would look nice on it and maybe some more Sweetpeas .
Meanwhile in the greenhouse ......
Epiphyllum Curt Backeberg
Epiphyllum Clown
Everytime I look her bud is swelling !
May be tomorrow ......maybe during the night .
I will have one more check on these later on . Watch this space !
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Anyway .....
I sat in the summerhouse for a while sorting out a vintage kit I bought on ebay .
The colours were a nightmare to sort out , the instructions called one batch of greens " olive greens " and the other "forest greens" ..I'm still not sure which is which ! And pale brown and very pale brown very difficult to decide which was which lol ! but I got them all into their colour shades and into neat bundles and I think I'm almost ready to start .
Yes , the observant amongst you will see that the picture on the front of the kit has blue flowers 🩵🙄
It's o.k. because after going through the instructions several times I found this ...
🩷 Phew ! That's o.k then ! 🩷
Me separating the pale brown from the very pale brown and white wool .
I like stitching with silk but my hands are a bit sore with all the weeding so I thought I'd switch over to crewel wool for a little while .
So hot today ! The sea so calm .
It is going to be very hot again tomorrow . So I'll be up early to do the watering .
I hope you are all enjoying a nice long bank holiday weekend and maybe also half term school break .
Take care in the hot sunshine and enjoy ! ☀️
Love and Peace 💐🕊️🐝 Debbie x
