The heat has made my Mediterranean herbs grow huge and flower their socks off. Rosemary, fennel, hyssop, and, above all, lavender. It's been a special pleasure to sit in the shaded grass of a late afternoon and watch the bumblebees and honey bees buzz around the purple flowerheads.
There's usually over a dozen busy bees landing and jumping off the lavender stalks, but they are difficult to capture with a phone camera. Here's a view of the whole shrub (well, most of it):
Some pretty petunias too:
On the other side of the motorway, our new allotment has started to become productive:
We've already had some white (pale green) courgettes too, turnips and turnip greens. I was fascinated to discover that squash/pumpkin leaves are also edible when cooked - and highly nutritious as well.
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