Nothing on craft, I'm still not doing much, and very little on gardening, mainly rose and tomato feeds, the latter in the B&M garden sale. It would be foolish to plant too much new stuff in this heatwave, I'm struggling to keep what I already have.
8 Books read this month.
I took the car out on Sunday, suddenly it was making a loud noise, I was sure it was the exhaust, drove straight home, hubby confirmed my thoughts, its fixed now, new back exhaust, not too expensive. Two new chairs for the sunroom and some softer mats, so another expensive month, hubby wanted it all finished, he does not like doing a half job.
We have very little food waste, most goes into the compost bins, the small remaining bits go into the council waste bin, we are shopping for fresh bits little and often, rather than bigger amounts, ensuring things get used up. Sadly not much harvest from the garden, this drought is killing our growing season.
Here in our spot along the south coast, we have had no rain in July, I know locally a few gardener friends have had rain, and nothing due in the coming week.
I think any harvests from the garden this year should be celebrated, it's been a tough growing year with the heat and lack of rain. It's the first year I chose not to grow any edibles at all, a good thing really after the carnage in the garden when we returned from holiday. We're still trying to revive some plants, others have sprung back to life, thank goodness.
ReplyDeleteWe had one very brief shower yesterday. I hoped it was going to turn into a downpour but it didn't. It was barely enough to lay the dust!
ReplyDeleteSame with us -- no rain at all this month. Our last measurable rain was in late June.
ReplyDeleteWe don't live super close to the ocean, but we haven't had as much rain this year as past years. In our area, it's actually a bit of a nice change of pace though. I hope you get more rain in August.
ReplyDeleteWe had a little bit of rain yesterday morning, not enough to make any difference, it's the first rain we've had in about 4 weeks. Everywhere is so dry and dusty.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good month low spending. We've not had too much rain, but when it comes down it pours! This weekend does look pretty rainy here then back to the heat again. It's so muggy, I am not liking it right now!
ReplyDeleteWe are struggling to keep the allotment alive as there has been no rain apart from a little drizzle on one day last week. We've lost so many plants that it hasn't been worthwhile growing anything this year. The only thing flourishing is the raspberries. They are supposed to be Autumn fruiting but have been producing for a few weeks already.
ReplyDeleteHope you have rain soon Marlene
Angie