Evening, after a recent thunderstorm today has been a lot cooler, picked the last of the peas today and did a lot of dead heading and light pruning of Roses and Buddleia. Eerily quiet with the railway line still closed after the tragic incident further up the coast, left a bit numb by it all.

Happy Birthday

Went for a short walk into the hills on a new route, very hot and bright so not a lot around, found some Red legged Partridges

Another Bumble Bee

and a Moth in the greenhouse

You are missing out then Tony, all the more for those who enjoy them, there's a company near me that cannot keep up with demand if you can't make your own.
https://www.cairnomohr.com/

It wasn't my Dads recipe, not sure where he got it from, CJ Berry wine books are good basic books to use, I made loads of them years back, got a bit lazy now and haven't made any wine for a couple of years.

Happy Birthday both.

My Dad used to make this one and I have made gallons of it, to be honest the early rhubarb that's pink and sweeter makes a better blush wine, the later stuff we used to make alcho pops with(this was in the 1960's I wish we had thought to take out a patent lol). Dry sugar method. 3lb of rhubarb bag o...

My wildlife pond is maturing nicely, planted in pots in the water and along two edges in bog gardens made from the excess pond liner, you can see water mint, ragged robin and water forget me nots along the far edge. We have a frog, damsel fly nymphs(assuming the frogs not eaten them all)water boatma...

I water on a regular basis, not doing so usually results in growth spurts and split skins, so I water daily and once the fruit is set I then feed twice a week on most plants, those with a greater crop are fed every other day. These are "British Breakfast" know for very large trusses of fru...

Firstly I live in NE Scotland, so different climate, but somethings are pretty much the same over the UK, firstly, if plants are grown under cover they might need help with pollination. Every day once flowers appear I go round with a small artists paintbrush and visit each flower and remember to buz...

An Arctic Tern

Local beach visit
young Herring Gull

Common Tern

Primrose wrote:Enjoyed yiur latest photos Tiger. Suspect they' may be the nearest I will get to the seaside this year!

We live one mile away from a lovely sandy beach, pity we are further north than Moscow though, the water is flippin' freezin'.