It’s not exactly been a blazing hot June here. In fact since we got back from Australia the weather has been ridiculously windy but quite warm in the day and then dropping really cold at night. Apparently we had summer in April while I was away. This will be why all of my roses have already bloomed and died back.

About a fortnight ago Cambridgeshire was declared a drought area (this is never really news as the whole of East Anglia is semi-arid anyway), and ever since it doesn’t really seem to have stopped raining.

None of this is doing the damn garden any good – but I thought you might like a look at some photos anyway.

This is a tomato plant, growing upside down in the conservatory. It’s a bit the worse for wear because it was outside but in the middle of May nighttime temperatures were dropping as low as 5*C so it came back in again. Himself is nursing it back to health.

Cut and come again lettuces. Hardly thriving are they? I think we have eaten too many and not given them the chance to regrow inbetween!

Now these pots I am pleased with. On the left is nasturtiums, on the right lavender, both grown from seed. I’m hoping the nasturtiums will flower soon but the lavender won’t flower until next summer.

Herbs are doing well – I grew the Simon + Garfunkel collection (parsley, sage, rosemary + thyme) along with some oregano.

We have a little apple tree growing in a pot.  It looks like we might get one apple off it at least!

Strawberries – I’m not sure if I’ll get any fruit off them this year, they will have to be planted out again next year for that I think.  Man, gardening is a boring waiting game sometimes.

Potatoes – hopefully the eelworms haven’t got in and eaten them and we will have a bumper crop.  The more seasoned gardener will notice a rookie error here.  Yes, the potatoes are actually planted in the strawberry planter and the strawberries in the potato planter (which has a special opening to get the potatoes out of).  Sigh.  Better luck next year right?

Tomatoes and runner beans – as long as the very hungry caterpillars keep off these I should be OK.

I also have a pot of sunflowers growing but the damn caterpillars are loving those.

So I’m hoping for sun to bring my veg crops along a little.  I do not want a ton of green tomatoes like last year.  But Wimbledon Fornight starts today, so I’m not holding out a lot of hope….

The best thing about our house in Cambridge is the garden, especially now it’s spring!

Himself started the weekend by cooking his breakfast on the BBQ he bought this week.

And I started with a Green Monster

In the mix: 200ml soy milk, one pear, one kiwi, a handful of spinach.

There was carrot soup (not made by me )

And a tiny chocolate egg filled with mini Smarties!

Himself finally mowed the lawn….

….and I planted vegetables.

The black box will be full of carrots and the blue box with pumpkin and aubergine.  I’m weeding the raised beds to plant marigolds next to them because apparently marigolds keep blackfly off the veggies.

And to celebrate earth hour (and to prepare myself for the clocks going forward) I went to bed at 8.45pm! Rock’n'roll!

Hope you all had great Saturdays dear readers – what did you get up to?

It’s been a crazy few days but I can say in good faith that we are moved in! Himself and I are like machines when it comes to moving house, neither of us can stand living out of boxes so we just unpack and unpack and unpack. Plus of course Himself has to work tomorrow so his office has to be set up. I have still to unpack books and sort out my yoga space but other than that I think we’re done. Himself has even hung pictures on the walls and everything! We’re both feeling very at home, both in the house and in Cambridge itself which has got to be a good thing.

In the front door and up the stairs

Our bedroom

Spare bedroom (not quite ready for guests yet though!)

Third bedroom which will be my yoga space when I’ve finished it! I have practiced in here a couple of times and it felt goooood!

Me doing laundry, living area to the left, Himself’s office space behind me.

Through into the kitchen (me contemplating cooking!)

Through into the conservatory (various bikes!)

And saving the best til last, check out the view from the back of the house!!!

Yup, nothing but fields, we are as much on the edge of Cambridge as we can be, practically the middle of nowhere. Silence, beautiful sunsets and no people! Awesome

Tomorrow I have another job interview (still haven’t heard anything about the last one but then I haven’t heard I don’t have the job so who knows?!) and am going to my first Cambridge yoga class. I have a ton of yoga contacts here in Cambridge who I’m going to hook up with over the next few weeks and get my yoga resume out to various teachers and studios and see what happens. Then on Tuesday I have another interview.

So fingers crossed for everything please