Long Mizzle Garden

 Hello m' slim shadies, After a two day heatwave shattered UK records, my trusty Glass Storm Barometer warned me that a storm was imminent. The next morning I woke to a drastic drop in temperature, thunder and lightening. Climate change has officially arrived, just as the scientists said it would all those years ago. Sadly environmental scientists don't rule the world, knobbers do.  Above left - barometer in fine weather | Above right - rapid ascension of blue liquid in snozzle means approaching storm (see monkey blog post here for more detail). If it pees, batten the hatches! Below: Down by the morning cool, Penryn Marina  Whilst the holiday makers were rollicking in the sun on the beach, I was crunching on ice cubes, taking shade where I could. Obviously all the parasols had sold out, so a little improvisation was required for the top patio -    Approaching storm after the heat -  Very little gardening happened during the heat . Contrary to what Monsieur...

 Hello m' crunchy daylilies, What a scorcher it has been today! Naturally, I have been looking for things to cool me down, this time in the form of fresh salads. FOODIE W*NK*R ALERT: I made a video in the garden this morning - munching at some crazy edibles. Who'd have thought the daylilies that grow like weeds in my garden were edible?! [Just be sure they are indeed Daylilies (Hemorocallis fuva) and not Tiger lilies (Lilium lancifolium)!!! Plus in large quantities, Daylilies are said to be hallucanagenic ] In the background - edible cannas and nasturtiums -   Cooking is not my favourite pursuit really,  but I am always on the look out for ways to bring the cost of the weekly food shop down. I made a big monster pot of rustic curry using shop brought red lentils (cheap!), carrots, together with homegrown garlic, turnips and spring onions. Ol' Glass Eyed Mumrah makes a lovely panfried flat bread, 50% flour, 50% natural yogurt - lovely to scoop the curry up. I am still havi...