There’s lots of rain coming tonight, so I didn’t bother taking any bottles to the plot when I went to do the mowing (2 then 1 because of the damp clover). I made sure all my buckets are out and also put the downpipe back together on the left butt. I don’t know why it likes to come apart like that.

The big sunflower has opened its first flower and is streaked with red. It makes me wonder if it’s actually a Hallo.

I saw the field vole again, as it jumped out from between the two big pieces of bark under the apple tree. It then ran along the bramble undergrowth. There are lots of blackberries coming – a bit early really.

Another runner bean was ready to pick and there are lots of flowers on the vines.