Our Head Gardener this morning toured the garden making
a pictorial record of its current condition now the full force of the heatwave seems to have subsided somewhat. Some may consider that the task which fell to me – loading the pictures into the computer, making the tiled gallery and titling the individual images with some additional information – was rather easier.
This evening we dined on succulent roast chicken; crisp Yorkshire pudding and roast potatoes; crunchy carrots; firm cauliflower and broccoli; tender runner beans, and flavoursome gravy, with which Jackie drank Hoegaarden, I drank more of the Bordeaux, and Flo and Dillon drank Ribena.
Overall the garden looks pretty good considering the heat and the drought. I’m sure the head gardener, your volunteer water carriers, and even your deadheading all helped it look this good. You poor lad to have to deal with all of those pictures, plus providing info. 😉
Thank you so much from us all, Pat 🙂
Ditto!
I am amazed by your garden, wow! Everywhere you look you see beautiful colors with so many different flowers. I looked up Yorkshire pudding, it sounds delicious! ❤️?? I’m glad that your heatwave is slowing down.
Thank you so much, John
Whoever obtains such flowers and such vegetables is a true artist. He knows how to make produce a small area of land, well exposed and watered. Is it you, Derrick?
In friendship
Michel
It is Jackie, Michel 🙂 Thank you very much from us both
Who is Jackie ? Your daugter ?
My wife. This may help a bit: https://derrickjknight.com/2014/01/05/my-branch-of-the-family-tree/
Thank you.
I’m particularly taken with the hollyhocks today. I love the phalanx of watering cans on the table.
Thanks very much, Liz
You’re welcome, Derrick.
I love the strange patterns on “Volunteer morning glory”. I’m sure i used to have a shirt with a pattern like that in the 1970s. To inciorporate its TV jingle it was a “A Rael Brook poplin, the shir-irts for men” They don’t write jingles like that anymore. Perhaps just as well.
🙂 Many thanks, John
Great photos, Jackie!
You all know I always love to see the owls on duty watching over the garden! 🙂
Love the honesty seeds, the watering cans “convention”, the planted Ali Baba pot, and the busy buzzy bee!
Hope legs are healing and better today.
(((HUGS))) ❤️
Thanks very much from us both, Carolyn X
PS…meant to add…your tomatoes are gorgeous! I know they will be yummy, too! 🙂
Thanks again, Carolyn. You have seen the sum total of our crop 🙂
Until I saw the picture with the watering cans I never thought about the enormous amount of water you guys must need for you garden. I hope the drought in the UK this year was extra ordinary and it will not repeat itself next year. Great pictures.
Thank you very much, Bridget.
Beautiful!
Thank you very much from us both, Jill
Your paths are a most inviting invitation for a walk. I liked Jackie’s header picture in particular today.
Thank you very much from us both, Tootlepedal
Love her close-up photos with their explosion of color.
Thank you very much from us both, Rosaliene
I see there is an increase in the number of watering cans. Droughts do have a habit of increasing the need of more. One has to catch every drop of rain that’s available. We were down to an odds and evens house numbering system during our last drought. The past few months we have had more rain than we have watering cans, trugs and buckets.
I haven’t had Yorkshire pudding since before my very English mother-in-law passed away 20 years ago.
Thank you very much, Chrissy. I trust you are improving daily
Home from hospital late yesterday. Stitches out tomorrow afternoon at surgeons room the a further 4-5 weeks non-weight-bearing, That’s the hard part. most boring too.
Yes – that will be boring – but so far so good.
My compliments to the Head Hardener AKA Assistant Photographer.
Thanks very much, Dolly. I will pass this on
My pleasure, Derrick.
I was thinking while viewing your garden paths how children must love all those secret little hiding places. Your garden is looking fabulous regardless of the heatwave. Well done to the green fingered gardeners.
Thank you very much from us all, Suzanne. Yes, children do like it
Lovely work. Efficient use of space
Thank you very much, Flow
There were one or two that were showing signs of recent very hot days, but in general it is a magnificent display. My favourite this time was the coleus.
Thank you very much, John
Today’s gallery clarifies what I love about your garden: amazing diversity, the natural arrangements of large and small blossoms, winding pathways, and harmonious sculptures.
Thank you so much, JoAnna
Even with the heat your garden is beautiful.
Thank you so much, Andy
You’re welcome.
On one of the dinners at the place I found unavoidably got trapped in – it was roast beef, I’d just got ready to eat it and there was knock on door, I opened it and the housekeeper handed me a napkin wrapped something, stating it was a Yorkshire pudding – and it was lovely….
At least there was something good then, Catherine. Thanks a lot
A delightful selection of photos, Jackie and Derrick! Thank you!
I noticed your tomatoes are a bit ahead of ours. 🙂
Much appreciated by us both, Lavinia
Well done Jackie both for producing and maintaining such a fine array of plants under very trying conditions and for giving us a gardener’s eye view of it all. Of course, thank you Derrick for placing the photographs where we can enjoy them too.
Thank you very much from us both, Anne 🙂
Even with the heatwave the garden looks beautiful! The result of a hard work ??
Thank you very much, Ribana
I do like the titles you employ for your posts … clever fella.
Thank you so much, Yvonne
A display of fine teamwork with this post! I love the pops of color, despite the drought. And all those watering cans!
Thanks very much from us both, Merril
Your garden looks surprisingly great – especially considering the heat!!
Thanks very much, GP
I enjoyed the tour. Thank you both. I grew morning glories on our fire escape decades ago but was told I had to remove them.
Thanks very much, Sherry. What a shame about your plants
The flowers look very good, especially considering the terrible heat they’ve had to deal with. A testament to the dedication of the head gardener and her helpers.
Thank you very much from us all, Laurie
It is sad to see how the unending summer heat takes its toll on the garden and flowers. Fall will be here before we know it!
Thank you very much, Dwight
The heat wave has certainly done some damage. If this is to be new normal there may have to changes in the garden to more heat/drought resistant plants.
Quite so, Andrew. Thanks a lot
Your garden is glorious and excellent job of displaying the photos in your post.
Thank you very much from us both, Eugi
You’re welcome, Derrick.
My goodness, some of these photos literally made me gasp. So gorgeous. I didn’t know you grew veggies.
Thanks very much, Jodie. On this post you see the sum total of our veggies 🙂
lol It’s a start!
Love these collaborations. ????
I’ll soon be able to hang up my camera 🙂 Thanks very much, Val (“Oh, don’t”, says Jackie)
I’m with Jackie on this!
🙂
Oh, my goodness what a massive supply of watering cans. I asked Joss to pick up an extra watering can for me. I should have been specific; he came back with an £20 cream metal one!
I said I would bring it inside at night and Joss asked why, I replied that I didn’t want it to get rusty, my reply wasn’t questioned!
Thanks a lot, Sue
The tour has yielded some crisp garden shots. It’s very reassuring to see the weaponry available to battle the heat.
Thank you very much, Uma