So its stopped raining, went to check how much was in the water butt which collects off the shed roof, some numb nut left the tap on when they emptied it last, not saying any thing else, mums the word.
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Picked some more raspberries, loganberries, gooseberries, pink currants and blackcurrants.
Pink and black currants
Like these gooseberries before they turn red and ripe, they have a better flavour
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Whatâs a garden?
What a lovely selection, Logan.
Well done you. 
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Thank you Mups, got a lot more to come of the same.
Examined the demise of the last petunias still standing . The slugs and snails have been, dined and departed . Why is my garden infested with these pests ?
Nothing, its raining and its cold.
Got wet.
Not the most glamorous part of the garden but one of the most important I think, the compost heaps which Iâve just turned over to aerate them. The one on the right is the one that we are filling at the moment (the âactiveâ one), and the one on the left is the one we are using. As you see the texture is now just like topsoil which is great for mulching and using for planting new shrubs in. Apart from garden waste and kitchen peelings I frequently add half a dozen bags of horse manure from the stables down the road, which introduces the necessary bacteria for the decomposition process to work, plus the worms love it, thereby breaking down the contents even quicker⊠
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We have a Monty Don in our midst, I envy anyone that can make compost like that .
I tried it once and it took an age and in the end i gave up and it was took to the tip .
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Yes but it does take time @Eliza and not a little patience. The compost that you see has taken around seven to eight months to produce, we stopped topping it up last November after the autumn pruning and I turn it over around once a month or so to aerate it, which also gives me chance to check it is still moist which is very important. OK it all sounds complicated and very much like hard work, but itâs very rewarding when it turns out as well as it does. The only problem really is producing enough of the stuff, as with such a large garden there never seems enough to go round⊠!
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I wonât be showing my compost heaps goodness only knows what lives in them ,in fact the whole garden has been taken over by slugs snails and there are mice ( if not worse) under the sheds which drive the dog mad .
However as itâs dreary and raining I chucked some lawn food out the lawn is looking a bit desperate.
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Hi
I have squirted the black and white cat which is now in the front garden.
The owners are next for it.
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Nothing today itâs raining.
Nothing!! It is my partnerâs job. She also does the decorating and keeps the house clean. I make her cups of tea, does the occasional bit of food shopping and fills the car with petrol. We have a good partnership and balanced job share.
Made up a mixture to spray on the pesky Blackfly accumulating on my Runner Beans and some young Cosmos stems.
Also taken some cuttings from my favourite Pinks, Lavenders and Penstemons.
No rain, so no grass to cut.
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Picked some more fruit until it started raining again, but it does the garden good.
mowed the lawns
Planted some phlox, granddaughter, a special needs teacher at a local primary school rang and told me all the plants I had grown for the school summer fete had sold out in minutes raising ÂŁ120, quite pleased with that.
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