Asiatic lily
It has been HOT HOT HOT...38° in the shade and it managed to get to 48° in the sun. We are spending a lot of time watering the vegetable garden in the evenings ( about one hour) and are hoping for great things from the courgettes and tomatoes. The cauliflowers were a bit of a failure, they came up ok but then just as they were developing nicely wham, they bolted and some got eaten by something or other! The runner beans are loaded with flowers and we wait expectantly to see the beans come forth.This Asiatic lily seems to be enjoying the weather though and has produced some beautiful flowers. The cat has taken to sleeping all day and going out all night when it has cooled down. ( 23°) I have made some fly screens for the bedroom windows so that we can sleep with the windows open and not get moths or bats flying into the room. Yes that's right a bat flew into the bedroom in the early hours and we had a great time trying to catch it and put it back outside. it wasn't that happy at being caught in a towel and when i hung the towel out the window it wouldn't let go!! Eventually after a little shake, off it flew and back to bed we went!
Life in the country is fun isn't it?
posted by the peasant @ 3:23 am
4 Comments:
At 2:20 am,
Anonymous said…
Gorgeous pic. I'm with you on the watering front, by the way - took us over an hour yesterday, largely because we'd put lots of new things in. It'll all be worth it in the end, though! :)
At 11:42 am,
R J Adams said…
Umm, bit 'ot fer caulies, if yer ask me, AP. Probably why they bolted. Can't say I blame 'em at 48 degrees! I think I'd bolt, too. Bad enough in Illinois right now - around 35 degrees. Mind, you don't normally get the humidity like we do, but even so - that's 118F!
I like bats. Not in the bedroom, though.
At 2:50 pm,
Anonymous said…
Life in the country is fun yep.. but WAY too hot. Sleeping is proving difficult and the walls heat up so much it takes days for them to cool down.. even after it gets cooler!
Shame about your cauli's!
Mandy
At 10:09 pm,
Run Around Paris said…
I've heard that French cats can often be found in the bathtub during the day - tres clever!
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