I felt like something light for dinner tonight so went on a hunt through the fridge and in the garden. Voila!
Can't claim to have produced this mammoth specimen - a friend brought some to tennis yesterday and I was the lucky recipient of this beauty!
I made fritters with about one quarter of it (enough for three meals). Now what should I do with the rest? Suggestions welcome!
After all the rain we had earlier this week, I was horrified to find puddles in my basement when I went down there this morning. It was actually in the crawl space so no furniture was damaged but some carpeting I had down there was pretty wet.
Unfortunately, with the high humidity we have at the moment, it will take ages to dry out. I had to throw out some cardboard boxes which had soaked up quite a bit of the water, but stuff I had in plastic bags seems to be OK. It was a good reminder not to stockpile stuff down there so I will be doing a bit of decluttering soon.
As I have said before, I have a pretty small garden around the house. However, all the borders are packed with plants, mostly perennials, that are really blooming with all the recent rain. So, today's post is a tour around "the estate"!
I'm afraid I am not much of a photographer, but this will give you an idea of what's blooming today.
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| This perennial is called Balloon Flower (Platycodon Grandiflorus) - you can see the balloon shape of the buds before they open. |
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| I have slipped in an indoor violet as it is blooming so spectacularily! |
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| Echinacea and some Bee Balm. |
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| Self-seeding sweet peas - they come up every year but are just one colour and have no noticeable scent. Very pretty, nevertheless. |
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| Phlox and more Bee Balm. |
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| My first attempt at Sunflowers - they have really reached new heights this week! I hope you have enjoyed this tour of my garden. Today we had two thunderstorms with more heavy rain so I expect things will have grown even more by tomorrow - and the grass needs cut again! |
