Sweltering

Today was forecast to be another hot one, so it was a case of finding things to keep me occupied, that were out of the sun.

We still had plenty of tomatoes, so I knocked up another batch of soup during the course the morning.

In the afternoon I headed up to the orchard with a step ladder and a ball of string.  Back at the beginning of May we planted a Wisteria.  It has managed to survive being browsed by Fallow Deer and a prolonged drought. I have helped it along by giving it a regular splash of water ... Every night when I shut up the chickens I give the Wisteria the dregs from their water container.  This has obviously done the job, as the plant has gone from strength to strength, and has put on at least two feet of new growth.  The ladder and string were used to reach and tie in this new growth, before it gets damaged by the wind.

I'm embarrassed to say that those few pathetic sentences summed up my Friday. It was far too bloody hot to do anything more. I did try to keep myself occupied, but just wandering around the garden and outbuildings was exhausting.

The rest of the day was spent indoors, snoozing and reading. 

Oh, I almost forgot, the soup was bagged, labelled and placed in the freezer ... God, I'm desperate if I'm using that as Journal material!