In a Galaxy...

... far, far away...

Sweet Potatoes Rousted from their Bed

 My experiment on the greenhouse this year - meh. I guess they needed a longer season, but then, as they don't store as well as potatoes, and we have to eat them up sharpish ... mayhaps it's as well there isn't a heap. Lots of little squiggles that I suppose would have fattened up if the weather were to stay warm for another month. And they have been slightly neglected in the water department since the hosepipe ban ...

Sunset

 Now at 6:00p.m.  End of day and end of a dismal summer with no rain. Big rethink for next year - more drought proof crops, more perennials, more mulching and ...

Resurrection!

 I didn't think they would survive the drought, but only a few days after last Wednesday's rain life began to emerge ...

... just have to keep the slugs away until they reach a good size.

Meet Sydney

 My faithful (as long as there is seed) friend through this long dry miserable summer.  If you struggle to see the resemblance between the non-feathered terrestrial bi-ped Sydney Greenstreet and this wood pigeon, imagine him (the actor) with a monocle.