May has gently turned to June and the garden looks and feels different. Everything is less blowzy and frothy, less full of exuberance and and is now more mellow, golden and green. The birds are less frenetic in their feeding and flying around. It seems that young have fledged and parents have more time to relax in the trees and hedges around the garden. The blackbird has time to run through his full repertoire of melodious song in the late afternoon, joined occasionally by the robin, wood pigeons and the call of the herring gulls high above.
We have ripe courgettes in the greenhouse
These three made a courgette bake for tea this evening.
The first of this year's strawberries tasted so sweet and yet sharp at the same time.
The plants are covered in berries as more and more ripen each day.
We have an elderflower bush which has pushed its way through the trees between us and next door.
The taste of Elderflower always seems to go well with gooseberries another fruit that is ripening in this warm sunshine.
I brought in just a few cut flowers from the Sweet Williams which grow in a pot by the back door.
You may remember my post about this plant the Sicilian Honey Garlic - here - the little bell like flowers are now turning their faces upwards and making tight cone shapes which I assume will be full of seeds. It has been a fascinating plant to watch over the last couple of months.
How does your garden grow at this time of year?
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