Three days, vegetable garden heat fails and a proper start to the strawberry season



 3 days away from the garden and I have lost, in the heat, all my rocket, mixed salad leaves, summer savoury, marjoram and radishes.  Much of the dill, parsley, chervil, coriander and sage is looking very sorry for itself.  In the case of the sage I can’t really blame the weather.  The pots are too small and they have needed repotting for a while now.  The rest are down to the heat and me not being around to water them.  These were all in pots outside. The greenhouse is not looking too bad but that is as far as I have got because we were very late home due to a closure on the M25.  I will check the garden proper tomorrow.    


The pro is that the strawberries have come on line.  We had 2 at the weekend and now have a good couple of handfuls the birds have not got to first.


Every year there are some things that fall by the way side and some things that work.  Our lifestyle doesn’t always help but, at least, we have strawberries for breakfast tomorrow!

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