After all the rain on Sunday, I thought I’d better go and combine all the bucket water to make sure it wasn’t evaporating again. I’d gathered 4.5l, which I’ve put in the shed for a feed in the next few days. The pond was looking a good bit higher. Around the edges, flying ants were emerging in a couple of places, and ordinary ants were running along the wood and up and down a piece on the far bank.

The borage has definitely gone over, which is about a month early. So I need to take that out. There might be room for the less good cosmos from home to fill holes, but it’ll also be a case of revealing log piles, which is ok.

A cucurbit of some kind is emerging from the compost heap. I think for amusement I’m going to let it do its thing until it’s a nuisance. I picked another big beetroot for Suzy. There are still a couple of big ones to pick, but we’ve still got one in the fridge.

Looking at the panorama at full size I’ve just noticed a tall sunflower in Bed 6 – maybe a Hallo? It’s reached the shed roof and looks like it hasn’t finished yet.