Reclaiming Paradise

September arrived with pleasantly warm weather and a bit of rain.

Last weekend we had our annual allotment show.

I visited the allotment at the weekend, with a bit of time to spare so decided to tackle the plan to make a brassica cage to keep the pigeons off my sprouts and broccoli.

We have just celebrated our fortieth wedding anniversary.

July is the beginning of glut season although this year things are a little slow, given the lack of rain.

And rubies and black pearls.

While the rest of the country has been sweltering in a heat wave, here, in Edinburgh, we have had warm sun alternating with heavy rain.

I often write about the flowers that self seed all over the garden, but slightly less often about the wondrous seed heads that cause all of this.

I was out in the garden this morning, multitasking as always: looking for subjects for #SixOnSaturday, deadheading roses, pulling up weeds, picking some flowers to take to my mother, picking cherries before the blackbirds get them, enjoying all the bees a…

We had a sudden downpour of rain last night.