I've read that "Cottage Gardens" thrive on organized chaos. That you should layer your plants with tall ones in the back and medium in the middle etc.. I'm afraid my garden is disorganized chaos and although it may have started with tall plants in the back I've never been able to pull out a Foxglove that grew near the front or a Hollyhock likewise. My Spiderwort refuses to stand up properly and my tall bluebells (Campanula persicifolia) pop up in unlikely spots. Incidentally, this year I have more white bluebells than blue.
The article also advised ivy and vines go a little wild. I have Honeysuckle that takes over the nearby Deutzia shrub every year so I'm on the right track there. Here you can see how it's growing up the left side of the Deutzia. We leave it because the hummingbirds love it.
Yesterday was very warm (30C) but today is more reasonable. It's cloudy and just 16C now at 10 o'clock. I think I'll go out and wrap the hoses up because I won't need to do any watering for a while.
In the kitchen...I made a Lemon square. It doesn't look as lovely as the one on the internet but it tastes good and that's the main thing, right? It doesn't require heating the oven so it's great to make on a warm day.
That's about it for today. Thanks for coming by.
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