My predictions of cloud and rain were well founded when I landed at the airport. Do not believe the weather you are seeing on the television for Wimbledon is true for the rest of the country.....however, it is warm. That combination of heat and moisture is just what the doctor ordered when it comes to plants.....a real hothouse effect and everything on the allotment is just loving it. The artichokes are reaching for the sky...
and the poppies are going mad....
For all non-British out there...this is what an English allotment looks like..basically a plot you hire from your local council/municipality (although this can be quite hard due to inefficiency of said local council)on an annual basis where you can plant all sorts of veggies & fruit. Some allotments also allow you to keep smaller livestock such as bees and chickens.
and walking walk to the house we passed some lovely gardens - aren't the hollyhocks superb?
and then back at the house for sundowners were called for...
The way the photo of the sundowners reads after the "superb hollohocks", looks like the sundowners are for the holyhocks ! ! ! And why not hey! ?
Posted by: Helga | 03/07/2009 at 11:30