Inside the house the blinds on the south facing windows are pulled down. Outside the animals all have shade and water. We moved Mother hen and her five chicks to a shady hen house next to the chicken run.

I just picked 2 kilos of apricots – thinking that it will be cooler indoors making jam today than outside in the glare of the sun

I’m off to weed the leek bed but I will wear a bee suit as the patch is near the very active hives and the bees are flying.