We are still in the midst of a heatwave, it's almost 10.30pm as I'm posting this and the temperature is still 33°C. - Apparantly it will start to cool down over the next four days, but in the meantime keeping everything watered on both the plots is keeping me busy. I've been watering in the evening when the sun has gone down and giving everything a treble dose of water, hard work when you are not allowed to use hosepipes, but It's helping me get my steps in.
Mark made me a bench for inside the polly tunnel.
All my tomato plants from home are down there now, these are from the second lot of seeds I sowed, the first ones came to nothing. I've still got to put them into larger containers but need to get some more compost, I only had enough left to pot on my peppers.
Before It got crazy hot I got two of my pallet collars beds in, that was harder than I thought It would be! The other two can wait until It's cooler. I've thrown the plastic covering back over the other section I cleared which should keep the weeds at bay until I can get around to setting beds out.
Well this is a sorry looking pond isn't it, lol. I originally thought I would be able to get the muck and debris out without emptying all the water but there was just too much, and it smelled really bad so I emptied it one bucket at a time and the sun has dried up the remaining water. It's a shame about the water lily, I've taken a cutting but it was really too big for the space anyway.
The rest of the mud in the bottom is all dried up now and I'll be able to sweep that out, but because the bath is so stained I'm thinking of putting a lining in, It'll be easier than trying to clean it up.
In case you were wondering, there was nothing at all living in the water, I did sweep around with a net on several occasions before I emptied it.
I've got some lovely looking apples growing on one of the trees, I got excited because I thought they might be russets, my favourites, now they have turned a little greener, but as long as they an eating variety I'll be happy.
Also, I have wheat! No idea what to do with that, but It's looks pretty so I've left it for now.
-X-
1 comment:
It all looks like a ton of work. In the heat no less. I am more accustomed to the heat of course, but even I have my limits. It has been a hot June even for our area. I have had to water so much to keep things going.
The apples look amazing.
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