Access issues

The flower growth in the borders along the paths is so lush that they are steadily taking over, making our walk down to the guest cabin and beyond a single-file affair. Additionally, when it’s rained we both get wet legs and Bean also gets water in her ears as she squeezes between the poppies and the lavender.

I can’t bring myself to pull anything up while the flowers are in bloom, but the moment they are over the plants will go onto the compost heap.

The rain stopped mid-morning. We had 28mm in 36 hours which was a really good soak for the garden. The sun then came out and heated us to 24 C - and we were steaming. Literally.

I got a load of washing hung out, then after a couple of hours I spotted an enormous build-up of dark thundery clouds in the west. They were slowly but surely heading our way. happily the washing was dry.

I thought Bean and I would be safe having a 40 minute walk before the weather arrived, and then got chatting with friends half way round. What an idiot I am. If we’d not stopped we would have got home just in time. As it was….

… drookit again!

I experimented with half and half wheat and spelt flours to make a sourdough this morning. It made a super-stretchy wet dough which rose spectacularly. I’ll be interested to see how it bakes tomorrow…and even more interested to see how it tastes at lunchtime.