"And the May month flaps its glad green leaves like wings,
Delicate-filmed as new-spun silk"Thomas Hardy, Afterwards
Despite not being May, everywhere in the garden I see glad green leaves, with the sun shining through like tissue paper parasols, it really lifts the spirit. My peas are showing dark shadows in their pods, promising their sweet little explosions of summer. My broad beans are now hanging down under the weight of fat beans inside. Ruby red and fresh green lettuce leaves flutter exuberantly in the breeze, like petticoats. Then if you look closely you will see small flowers appearing, on potatoes, cucumber, courgette, tomatoes and more, teasingly promising their swelled future selves. I think July will be a month of enjoying the garden and it's spoils, interspersed with a lot of watering!
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