Go ta little bit carried away with the butterfly photos.

Another baby blackbird, that's the third lot of fledglings in the garden this summer.

and just a few more butterflies, just in case you haven't seen enough.

My garden truly is a magical place.

Freshly picked from the vegetable garden for my supper. Marrowfat peas, corgettes, strawberries and the last of the logan berries.

I'm really pleased with my vegetable garden, it's not very big but I have been continuously harvesting from it since the strawberries last year. I was virtually living on Kale over winter, then spinach and leeks. The onions I planted over winter have just finished, but I have more coming although I won't be doing them from seed next year. I have peas and broad beans I'm picking now and of coarse the courgettes. Think I'm the courgette queen, last year I had 3 plants and was inundated, this year the whole packet germinated and after giving some away I'm left with 5 plants so if anyone has any good recipes .......

And now for a quick look at what is growing out there.

Red cabbage, planted yesterday.

Onions, and spinach.

Courgettes and strawberries on top of the compost bins.

The only red cabbage from last winter.

Purple sprouting broccolli, from seed which survived the mini greenhouse being blown over.

Broad beans which also survived the mini greenhouse disaster

As did the peas.

It's quite a small area really.

Spring greens and strawberries.

And another disaster tonight, the hose came off the tap while I was watering and drowned my mixed salad seedlings.

Been neglecting this blog lately, but not the garden, a few photos from this morning.

Autumn might be well and truly with us but there is still a bit of colour in the front garden this morning.

Just sitting here in my chair, chilling. 

My best friend at my feet. 

It's so peaceful here. I can hear the wind in the trees but my spot is sheltered .The sheep  are calling to each other in the fields beyond but here in my chair the wind chime is tinkling gently and I  feel I can sit  here forever. A blackbird on the telephone wire calls gently before going on her way. 

I look at all the jobs that need doing, the jasmine needs trimming back, there's convovulous growing amongst the ice plant,  a rose has sprung up in the middle of the marjoram and I really should put that melon rind that I put down for the butterflies to enjoy but the slugs said thankyou very much instead into the compost bin. And that's just what I can see from here. There's a load of wood needs cutting including the two rotten garden chairs. But what the heck, it's Sunday and I feel lazy today.