We’re still being blessed with mostly dry, sunny and warm weather. We’ve had thunder, a few torrential downpours and heaps of sunshine. Friday was very warm, prompting my 10-year-old granddaughter to complain that it had been too hot for the school sports day! The teachers though, were delighted – it was a welcome change from rainy sports days that usually result in cancellation.
My garden has suddenly sprouted but it’s not only the flowering plants that love this weather – the weeds do too! I can’t believe the amount of weeds that have sprung up since last week! And now there’s abundant evidence of slugs and snails! The herbaceous plants are growing too big for their space – I should have predicted that and thinned them last Autumn, but here we are – I’ll have to lift a few here and there and put them in pots, otherwise the borders are going to be too congested throughout the summer.
Here is my selection for this week’s Six on Saturday.
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