Garden Day.

I had some urgent outdoor jobs to do today so I was grateful for a dry day even if it wasn't that sunny to start with. The jobs were; cutting down a 10 ft ash sapling that  was growing in the middle of a bush, cutting back some exuberant roses that were growing over an upstairs window, putting in some stakes and string around the 2 big clumps of the giant crocosmia and mowing all the grass.

When I began mowing the grass the sun had came out. By the time I finished the mowing I was ready for a rest. 

After all that work it was good to get into holiday mode relaxing on the sun lounger with my book and a cup of tea and some grapes to hand. I had about an hour before the clouds made it feel a bit chilly. 

When I took the vegetable peel up to the compost heap I got distracted and thinned out the apples forming on the 2 apple trees. I usually forget to do this and with our short summer we end up with  a lot of very small apples. Hopefully by thinning them the remaining apples will grow to a better size.