Wild strawberries brought from Isle of Purbeck with Mum are fruiting now – yum?

Too dry to plant the veg garden this year – but it’s interesting watching the plants go to seed and still there are bits to pick  – especially if it’s bindweed you like to pick at.

When the standing hay crop is off I expect it will throw the veg jungle in to focus and then I will act beyond spraying off the bind weed.

Our weeping willow has died – since the septic tank was renewed and soak away replaced it has struggled and last summer’s drought hit it – it came back this spring but last week it browned About the same time, the later flowering apple trees showed a foot of brown from the tips back – after a hint of frost – one morning.

Still, the rest of the orchard looks potentially fruitful – especially the pears- as do the soft fruits.

Gooseberries looking green and hairy.

Nigella