August Already

It's that time of year again

 the wheat and barley have turned golden

the blackberries have flowered and fruits are appearing 

and, most important at this time of year

Buster has had his first application of this to prevent this

On our walk the other morning I saw this, or rather I smelt it before seeing it. It smells lovely, like a honeysuckle. I don't know what it is, and because of where it is I'm guessing it's a wild plant but I've taken a stem and will harvest some seeds and try to grow it in my garden. It might be rampant and take over!!

Harvest

Harvest "The act or process of gathering in a crop"

We are surrounded by fields of crops, usually a mixture of rape and wheat but this year

it has been just one field of rape and the rest were wheat. 

I'm always amazed at how well it grows in such dry conditions.

The wheat has been harvested and baled.

I will be harvesting blackberries soon to make apple and blackberry pies and crumbles,

with real custard, delicious :-)

Have a good weekend.