Well it has not been the greatest summer so far from a hot
and sunny perspective but the rain had certainly made things grow tall. The
Lovage and Gunnera is absolutely massive this year. I stood in the photo of the
Lovage and Gunnera to scale it and I am just over 6 foot tall. The trees are growing so
fast but already the leaves are limmed in that yellow cast that means summer is
passing and the pergola I made in the winter is slowly being covered in clematis.
Rabbits have made a big comeback this year and are trying to eat every flower
and plant. If the dog damaging the William Shakespeare rose wasn't enough the
rabbits have now completed the job and decimated him. Shakespeare will not bloom
here this year. 'So a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet and be
just as tasty apparently.'
The lack of bees and wasps this year is disturbing.
Even in previous bad years they have not been so appreciably absent. So to sum
up this summer; lots of rabbits and rain and growth, but no bees, butterflies
or bathing.
Around the lake are young ducklings and a family of Cormorants (I always think of the seaside when I see them.) If you look at the picture there are Gulls and Cormorants so you could be forgiven for thinking that it was taken on the coast and not 30 miles inland.
Around the lake are young ducklings and a family of Cormorants (I always think of the seaside when I see them.) If you look at the picture there are Gulls and Cormorants so you could be forgiven for thinking that it was taken on the coast and not 30 miles inland.
