Just mowing (374)
by Max Akroyd
Today is La Pentecôte, one of a few jours fériés – bank holdays – in May. And what a day for it – wall to wall hot sun and blue skies. There isn’t a half term holiday in May here, so this is a good option for a rest before the long haul to the long summer holiday.
Unfortunately for a gardener with a sore everything, tomorrow’s forecast gets more extreme every time I look at it. Storms automatically mean that any mowing which needs doing in the next two days needs to be done today instead, not least because tomorrow might be a bad day to be a tall object on a hillside. Which means a bit of time off tomorrow hopefully celebrating some rain at last. And I’ll be finally excused from watering everything all the time – including the animals.
Right, I’m off to mow a bit more of a meadow…
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You’ve got me humming ‘One man went to mow….’ I hope you do get some rain soon, we’re starting to be overly dry here too.
I’m planting, watering and trying to mulch to keep some moisture in for all the new things. The older veggies are getting a good soaking every third day. What with the polytunnel needing 2 waters a day, the pigs knocking over their troughs for mud wallows and the dogs drinking the chickens water, I seem to be completely obsessed with keeping things watered here. So a good downpour (at night preferably) would go down well here too.
Have a good mow……
Sue xx
Glad it’s not just my pigs who are daft enough to knock over their newly-filled water. I’ll fill it up three times a day but after that it’s tough!
Good luck with that rain! We woke up this morning to cloud and thought we were going to get rain, but no such luck… the sun broke through.
All the forecasts predict deluge for Northern Fance by Wednesday latest. Better dig out that sun cream…
It is very hot here today so have not done much in the garden. Partly because I got a bit burnt yesterday & partly because I got up a bit late!
Must try & get up really early tomorrow & get things done before it hots up. I think that we are meant to get rain & cool down on Wed. Don’t envy you out in the sun today but maybe you can just lie out in the rain tomorrow & cool off. Very good for the complexion I hear! 🙂
Mary
It’s definitely getting to that point of the year where the best time for working is before breakfast. Trouble is, all this manual work and fresh air makes me a slow starter. The wine probably doesn’t help either…
Complexion? Is that what’s lurking under all this dust..?
“Trouble is, all this manual work and fresh air makes me a slow starter. The wine probably doesn’t help either…” Hah! Welcome to my world!! I don’t dare tell you at what time I generally get up in the mornng!
But yes, hotter still down here tomorrow so another day of slovenliness unless we decided to torture ourselves with another roadie outing. Storms are forecast for Wednesday afternoon and then hopefully warmth will be back.
Thanks to our little ones, 6:30 am starts are mandatory at our house. It’s the getting going after that which is difficult!
I enjoyed a day of sweating at my desk at work today. I’m allowed to wear shorts and a t-shirt, anything less is frowned upon, so it could be worse. The weather changed at around 18:00 from still and hot to cooler with gusty winds. No rain till Wednesday though.
Ben
Morning Ben,
Our forecast has changed from storms to mere showers and even that seems a bit improbable. Day off today – now that I’ve fed the animals – so I’ll be mainly rain dancing.
Rain dancing sounds interesting! Our sunshine has returned in Bulgaria so now I have to start watering the garden again.
I’ve nominated you for a small award that you can accept on my blog, please take it as a compliment. It’s not compulsory, just something for fun.
Hi Suzy –
Only a few spots of rain so far – so my rain dancing must be just as terrible as any other sort…
Thank you very much for the award – I’ve yet to decide whether to accept the challenge or run off, but I’m very grateful!