The first cucumber is ready to eat. Last time I looked it was tiny. They grow up so quickly 😥😀. #garden #growyourown

One of the joys of summer is the sight and sound of bees on the lavender. #garden #nature

Today I have been mostly putting tiny condoms on switches #modelrailway

This year's garlic crop. It's not quite as good as last year. Four failed to split into cloves, possibly because we didn't have a really cold spell in late autumn and early winter. #garden #growyourown

The mimulus is doing even better this year than last. We saw a lot of this growing wild along the Llangollen Canal so, when we saw some in the garden centre we thought we'd give it a go. #garden #flowers

The first batch of lettuce is ready to pick. Just in time as we'll be eating a lot of salad next week. #garden #growyourown

In the past couple of years the pickerel weed has swamped out my water lily. This year I cleared it out with extreme prejudice and the water lily has rewarded me with this beautiful flower and another on the way. #garden #flowers

The River Avon in #Warwickshire on our ramble around Ashow, which is a beautiful gem of a village.

I'm rather pleased with how well this rose bush is doing. The new growth on the fern is an interesting orange shade, which will turn green later. The fox and cubs makes me think of 'sparkweed' mentioned in Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea series. #garden #flowers

The first of the winter spring onions. I'm very pleased with these. They've done well despite the squirrels digging in the container. I have netting now so hopefully a larger crop next year. #garden #growyourown

By contrast our slightly smaller version at RHS Wisley in the UK. No algae, presumably he was off on an adventure with Biggles.

Anything the Scots can do we can do better 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Stuff the kicking of the pig's bladder lets have a football chant competition a la Eurovision.

Triffid! 😱😱😱 #garden #flowers

The boring bit of building a layout. In between gardening, I've been rewiring the redesigned control system. I've now finished the main power bus. #modelrailway

🎶 Roses are blooming in Coventry. 🎶 #garden #flowers

Here's one I built earlier. Thirty years earlier 😀. #GWR

Basil and the first tranche of lettuce planted out. #garden #growyourown

The goat's beard is fully out and was popular with the bees this morning. #garden #flowers

My garden supports arrived this morning so I was able to put up the support structure for my runner beans and get them planted out.

One of my more disappointing horticultural experiences. These poached egg plants have yet to produce a single poached egg 😀! I grew these from seed, thinking they are half-hardy annuals but they've come back for the last two years. #garden #flowers

The blue fibrous-rooted irises are doing well this year. #garden #flowers

We had a trip to the garden centre and bought this Alstroemeria and sedum. #garden #flowers

I thought I'd share a couple of photos of my hostas before the slugs turn them to lace. #garden

Day of the Triffids😱. Well, runner beans. #garden #growyourown

Proto-cucumbers. #garden #growyourown

The alliums are doing better this year and they look good in my 'purple patch' with the ajuga and berberis. #flowers #garden

This year's indoor basil potted up. There are 12 outdoor plants hardening off as well. #garden #growyourown

Photo as requested.

Rambling around the Newbold area. The Coventry Canal just north of Newbold Tunnel. #Warwickshire #ukcanals