Here is one affect of our heat wave amongst many. One tall stem of the cardoon broke off. I didn’t carry water for it, I thought it was drought resistant and that it was growing well in the heat. I was wrong. Sadly I took off the branch and gave the plant two buckets ofContinue reading “A jug of cardoons”
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A garden in the early hours…
It was 2am it was too hot to sleep. It is said that when it is too hot our core body temperature cannot drop, which prevents us from producing sleep hormones like melatonin. Anne Marrow Lindbergh has said ‘good conversation is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.’ AndContinue reading “A garden in the early hours…”