What a scorcher..

Hello all..how are you?
What a scorching week it has been and its not over yet.
I was awoken this morning before 5 by a cracking storm and heavy rain..i breathed a sigh of relief and settled back down but then had a flash of panic..why would i panic?Well we bought a sail shade for the pergola and it is not waterproof but water resistant and the water puddles in the middle..so there i was early hours with my crocs and huge coat on pushing water out the sail shade..sun wasn't up and it was still very warm..and today is going to be warmer..but the rain was very welcome.

The girls have been enjoying the warmth..we had our grand daughters for the day and everyone was in the pool and then playing in the garden..lots of suncream and hats..plus plenty of water and ice cream.
My husband and i have been working on the garden in the nice weather,,hoping to get it all finished soon so we can just relax and enjoy
We have made the most of wasted space at the back of the shed..

 I need somewhere to dry out the shallots and onions that doesn't mean having tables all over the grass..so hubby cut the legs off the tables and made wooden brackets from the legs..

 I stapled netting on the shelf to keep the darn cabbage whites off my plants..

Pesky little things..

My son and husband have been up the allotments every day..i have had another 2 buckets of beans.a dozen or more beetroots,courgettes and spring onions..plus all of these

Some of our potato crop..they have been dried and bagged up and stored in the shed..
I have been painting..i had one of those "why the heck did i do this" moments..our top gate was lilac..why i don't know..i liked it at the time but it was a total nightmare to paint over..but i did it..

Now that is done the fence can be painted green and then i just have the gates to paint for the front drive..

We had wood delivered to build the chicken pen.We took down the old one and built a new one in a day..we have called it the Raptor Pen...i have ordered new feeding and water troughs for her..plus we maybe getting a couple more in the next month or so..

Big isn't it..i have just got to finish painting a bit then its all done..
We found a huge concrete slab behind a shed and decided to make a permanent burning spot..we dug out turf and then edged it with some left over block pavers..all reused and recycled..

I almost got a smack in the head from a low flying dove last night..they both took off at speed from our trees..i wondered why they kept going there..had a peek and now i know..

 They have taken over a nest that the wood pigeons used earlier this year..

So folks that is what we have been up to..today however we are doing nothing..too hot to start anything and be out in it..today we will relax and enjoy what we have done so far.
take care all
ftm