The
sky is blue, not a cloud to be seen anywhere. The external
temperature is currently 27C (11:21 BST). The internal temperature in
the north facing lounge is 23C and will get a lot hotter once the sun
gets around to the west side of the house. Once there our
conservatory (even with all of its windows open) usually hits 40C!
I
have done 2 huge loads of washing which is nearly dry. Also been
hacking away at one of the trained apple trees (was totally infested
with wooly aphid). It has had its lower branches and top removed. 2
new shoots near the top have been attached to horizontal canes to
train them in. The same will be done with any new side shoots that
emerge. Most of the bugs disappeared with the pruning, the rest were
squashed – what a 'bloody' mess literally!!
The
new Spartan apple tree and Greengage originally had their branches
tied in at 45 degrees. These, now they are more springy with their
sap, have been brought down to 90 degrees and tied in again.
The
cooking apple tree had a serious haircut last year and is not only
sulking but infested with bugs. It will just have to sort itself out.
No fruit on most apples/plum trees this year. We do however (fingers
crossed) have 7 red pears and 9 conference pears still attached.
New photographs have been added to the table on the In my garden page.
Yesterday we 'invested' in a 1.6kg joint of ham. It should have been roasted but we didn't want anymore heat in the kitchen so boiled it. Once sliced, we got 4 bags for freezing plus enough for tea/sandwiches for a couple of days.
So nice to hear you have warm summer weather! It must be a deligt after all the rain lately.
ReplyDeleteHere it's still rany and cloudy, but according to the forecast we can expect some warmer weather over the next days :)
Summer has hit Cornwall, too and how lovely it is! Very difficult to work looking out on that sunshine though.....!
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