That's what Ant & Bee say and while I've nothing against the Spanish, I do wish the rain would go somewhere else. The weekend's been a washout and the choice for the boys yesterday was cabin fever or horizontal rain. We went for the second option, poor things. So maybe today they can stay in and read their - criminally now out of print - Ant and Bee books.
It's frustrating for grown-ups too, as it's difficult to do anything much in the garden at the moment. Everything is still doing well, but it would be nice to get some proper sunshine to go along with the moisture. We've been enjoying our first crops of salad leaves and radishes - a real sign that the year's progressing away from winter towards summer. Another sign is hopefully what will be another bumper crop of plums for us from our tree. It's hard to believe that these tiny green blighters will be our main fruit crop in late summer and early autum:
And despite the greyness of the day there's a welcome splash of colour from some azaleas that survived their transplant out of our herb bed to a more suitable location:
And I say the plums will be our main crop of fruit, but the tomatoes are going to run them pretty close for that award. We have a thriving colony of seedlings in the greenhouse at the moment, mostly tomatoes along with some squash and cucumbers:
Some of these are hardening off during the day for growing outside. Once the weather clears, we'll set up our mini greenhouse for them to get used to nights outside too (at the moment, we're shifting them back into the greenhouse at the end of the day). We have high hopes for the tomatoes, especially if we have the kind of baking summer the forecasters are predicting. Last year, the Bloody Butchers were probably the pick of the varieties we grew. They're easy to spot with their 'potato' style leaves and they're doing pretty well too:
So everything is still ticking along - here's hoping that better weather is on its way and we're not continually trying to send our rainy days to Spain.
And despite the greyness of the day there's a welcome splash of colour from some azaleas that survived their transplant out of our herb bed to a more suitable location:
And I say the plums will be our main crop of fruit, but the tomatoes are going to run them pretty close for that award. We have a thriving colony of seedlings in the greenhouse at the moment, mostly tomatoes along with some squash and cucumbers:
Some of these are hardening off during the day for growing outside. Once the weather clears, we'll set up our mini greenhouse for them to get used to nights outside too (at the moment, we're shifting them back into the greenhouse at the end of the day). We have high hopes for the tomatoes, especially if we have the kind of baking summer the forecasters are predicting. Last year, the Bloody Butchers were probably the pick of the varieties we grew. They're easy to spot with their 'potato' style leaves and they're doing pretty well too:
So everything is still ticking along - here's hoping that better weather is on its way and we're not continually trying to send our rainy days to Spain.
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