It was good to get back into the garden again. In the three weeks whilst I was away the foxgloves have flowered and are now past their best. Jane loved her foxgloves amongst the trees and they have resown all over the garden. Next year I will think about resticting them to particular areas so they don't crowd out some of the other flowers like Lupins and Canterbury bells.

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The vegetable plot isn't doing as well as I'd expected but my neighbours tell me the weather has been cool and very wet. The Sultana french runner beans have hardly grown at all and it looks like the slugs will get more out of these beans than I will. This is a learning situation and next year I will stick to Painted Lady runners which are doing very well - provided they taste OK.

Piglet, yes that's the chosen name for the robot mower, has been busy keeping the lawn cut and so all I had to do was strim round the edges. More to be done tomorrow provided the weather stays dry...