The calendar tells me that it's August. How time flies. Where did June and July go?
A couple of days ago the pond was cleared of some of the weed and fallen leaves.
The weed is sorted through to take out any creatures and then left at the side of the pond for anything missed to crawl out and find their way back into the shelter of the water. A large frog was spotted and lots of young newts.
Here is one of them. At least twenty were counted. Just a quick photo and then it was put back into the water. We have to move the pond weed left at the side of the pond before nightfall. If we leave it there in the morning the foxes have spread it everywhere. I think they like to play with it.
Leaves have been falling from the Tulip tree.
The hot weather and the strong warm breezes have started an early Autumn.
We've raked up and filled a few bags full of leaves and still they fall.
Small mushrooms, or are they toadstools? have appeared on the lawn amongst the fallen leaves.
We've had a lot of courgettes so some baking and cooking was done.
Courgette and Goat's Cheese pizza - very tasty with salad leaves from the garden.
Also small quiches for the freezer with courgettes, tomatoes and broccoli from the garden. Paul was the baker, I did make the pastry for the quiches though.
A lovey gift through the post from our friend Robert. Send me six photos from your garden he said and I'll make you a cube. He loves making cubes and has been making them on and off for quite a few years covering many different topics. His favourites are maps and buses. It arrived flat pack and was easily assembled. They are great for popping little gifts inside.
Thank you Robert.
All for now.
A lovely post Rosie! I am quite envious of your green grass. I have only cut my grass once since about May and it is now beige straw with no rain in sight! The pizzas and quiche look wonderful - I could imagine them taking pride of place in an artisan bakery. I like your flower cube - lovely garden memories for you. Have a great weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Simone. The grass on the top lawn under the tulip tree stays out of the sun for a lot of the day so it seems to stay green, the side lawn is looking a bit sad now especially the areas we have left unmown and the front lawn is yellow. Hope you too have a lovely weekend:)
DeleteA lovely post and I'm with you on 'where on earth has this year gone' so far. And the end of this month sees us turning another year older! I felt like I was seeing my garden at the start of those photos, with our pond and a big patch of shasta daisies.(giggle) Our pond is full of tadpoles at the moment, so will be given a good clean out once they've grown & moved on. The cube is very cute & I passed over some zucchini cake recipes not long ago, to a blog friend, as she had a glut too. Thanks for sharing, take care & hugs.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan, glad you enjoyed the post. I always find August a happy/sad month I don't know why perhaps it's because I'm another year older, perhaps its thinking about the year creeping into winter. We always end up with too many courgettes I like the name Zucchini for them, also egg plant for Aubergine we have a plant of those in the greenhouse but nothing as yet, just a small purple flower. Take care:)
DeleteA lovely post Rosie. I have been wondering exactly the same where did June and July go. There seem to be signs of an early Autumn everywhere and the countryside and gardens are so dry and so desperately need some rain.
ReplyDeleteLovely to see the little newt and your pond looks so lovely. The quiches and pizzas look delicious and a great way of using up garden produce. . The cube is beautiful - what a thoughtful and kind surprise for you. Take care Rosie.
Thank you RR, summer is moving so fast this year and I don't feel that I have experienced it enough with not going very far. It's great to have the newts I just wish we could have more frogs too. Take care:)
DeleteLove the cube, what a very clever idea. I’m impressed with your quiches for the freezer; sadly I’m never that organised. A good use of your courgettes too. Our courgettes are beginning to come back but everything is so dry. An early autumn definitely. B x
ReplyDeleteHe makes lots of cubes and boxes to pop gifts in especially London buses. I don't know how our plants will get through this next week we are going to have to chose which ones to save and I guess that vegetables will come first as that is food for us later. Definitely an early Autumn:)
DeleteI'm all behind with my comments, do forgive me. What a great idea to make a photo cube, a real momento of your pretty garden to look back on in the future and remember this hot, dry summer. Your pizzas look delicious, I could just fancy one of those now! It's great that the vegetables have done so well. Have a lovely Sunday. 😊
ReplyDeleteYou have been busy lately with all your lovely outings and adventures. The pizzas were very tasty and a bit different. We found the broccoli infested with caterpillars today:)
DeleteThe pizzas and quiches look good! It's been a tough time for gardening, several plants which I have in pots just seem to have faded away in the hot weather - come to that I've not been very lively myself!
ReplyDeleteThe pizzas were very tasty, the quiches have yet to be tried. Some of our plants have given up but hopefully will be back next year. I know what you mean the last month or two I seem to have just drifted through in a less than lively manner:)
DeleteThe food looks good.
ReplyDeleteThank you William, I hope the quiches taste as good as they look:)
DeleteLove the pizzas and quiches and that photo cube is such a thoughtful present, lucky you.
ReplyDeleteThank you Chris, the pizza was tasty, quiches in thef reezer. I love the little cube:)
DeleteAugust ...and we are half way through! Love the look of the pizza and quiche, it is very satisfying when you can cook using your own produce isn't it? Love the flower cube too xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Lyn, I love to pop into the garden and find something to make a meal with, it is very satisfying although this year I think the caterpillars have had more meals from the brassicas than we have:)
DeleteBeautiful garden, loved all the pictures. The paper cube is perfect for you with your love of flowers. I agree hard to believe it's August already and everyone is talking about fall. I'm not at all ready for fall, summer is my season. Your pizza's and guiches look fantastic and you're making me hungry.
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Thank you Sandy. August is flying along at a pace and again it will soon be over. The cube reflects the flowers in our garden some of the plants are still flowering others not as they go out of season and all have seemed earlier this year:)
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