Apologies for not posting for over a month - I really have nothing to show, despite working away at various projects over the past weeks. I've just completed a painting that I am very proud of...but can't show it as it is a surprise birthday present for someone. The birthday is in December, so I am going to have to sit on it for months...
I've been knitting and crocheting things for Nudinits - again, can't show them for a while.
Hopefully my next painting can be posted on here!
Other than the above, I've been struggling to keep the garden going throughout this heat - it's definitely not doing as well as previous years. No courgettes this year, the plants withered and died before reaching any size. Runner beans - lots of leaves, very few flowers. Tomatoes- slow to get going, we should have some soon. Greengages - absolute glut of them, I was giving them away in the end. We've had jam, crumbles, chutney, frozen some - best year ever for those. Blueberries - small and shrivelled due to lack of rain. Gooseberries - eaten by the birds. Raspberries - pretty good, but over now. Cucumbers - getting a few of the mini ones, which are tasty. Pumpkins - first time growing them, three plants in the front garden which have gone a bit mad - thankfully they are the mini versions and we should have at least five or six come the autumn...if they don't get stolen!
