Following a very hot end to May, the rain has returned and freshened up the parched garden. The spring colours from the rhododendrons have now finished and the garden is awaiting to burst into summer colour.
The first crops of fruit and vegetables have been harvested. Garlic, lettuce and strawberries.
Indoors the first tomatoes are starting to ripen. I have experimented with a range of varieties this year.
My latest little project is in the top of the garden where I have cleared the overgrown patch of Astilbes and the invasive ground elder. Having an abundance of free seeds from magazines I mixed a selection together and hope for an exciting cacophony of colour later in the summer.
A Strines Garden 