Warming up to summer

The garden is a pleasure with an abundance of fruit, vegetables and flowers. It is as if the high temperatures of the early summer days are encouraging everything to grow faster.

The roses are as beautiful as ever and the flowering Agapanthus and Hydrangeas makes me realise it is nearly Christmas.

We are hoping for a good crop of apples and pears next year and with a fig tree full of figs, summer lunches are going to be gorgeous.

The vegetable garden is a joy to behold with the Tai Gold corn aiming to be higher than the cottage and the runner beans already running out of the structures I made them.

The garden and I are warming up to summer. We are looking forward to the long hot days with meals enjoyed Al fresco when the sun hangs around until late in the evening.