KW-20 Hitzewelle statt Eisheiligen

Some things sound better in German

So this was the week of the long-afeared Frost Saints. Except we had a heat wave. On Wednesday, the air was so thick with pollen, you could watch it swooping through the sky like a starling murmuration. It irritates the back of the nose and throat, and by 11:30, I was inside, giving my eyes a water bath and swearing not to go outside again until 4:30.

There will be a lot of mowing this week. The grass is growing like crazy, and I need the mulch. Also, I like it when things look nice. This is the secret path from the soft fruits to the orchard

Fortunately, I had fed and watered the pigs, watered the greenhouse, prepared some ground for summer greens and finished the bean poles.

Talking of the pigs, I put my main task this week on cleaning out their house. Well, I did. It took all of Monday and all of Tuesday, and I piled up all the scrapings - goodness only knows how many tonnes of it - on the pumpkin break.