VERY, VERY HOT

 This week is just too hot, and getting hotter as the week progresses. The temperature has already hit 40 degrees C in the shade in the afternoon and 24C overnight. The most difficult to deal with is the 28C in the house (even with a fan). We are watering at 6.30 in the morning but everyday some more plants get added to the "not worth it" list and are abandoned to their fate. Any flower that does bloom is immediately burned by the sun so there is no "show".

I was going to call this Blog "The Good,The Bad and The Ugly" but I had a job to find any GOOD. The best I could do was a few cannas in the Exotic bed and the Insectivorous plant which must be flourishing with the abundant supply of insects.

To add to our woes the rabbits are systematically digging up the front "lawn".

In the past we have shown you photos of the Christo bed looking good late Summer. Not this year, along with all the local vegetation it is shrivelled.

We shouldn't be moaning as we are nowhere near as bad as Greece and other places around the world.