Anyone here an enthusiastic gardener, especially of vegetables - and flowers, too, of course? It has been cool and damp, so I could not put seed or plants in, but now it is really hot, dry and sunny, so that's what I've been up to.

Sure would like to hear from anyone else, in any part of the world, who loves to see things grow.

I start most flowers from seed, but this year I bought 2 packages of ready-to-plant flowers - Nemesia and Stocks. Nice and smelly, both of them.

From seed, I'm growing the usual vegetables (including leeks) and for flowers, Tashkent Marigold, Irish Poet Flower, Sweet Peas, vines, poppies, and of course there's the endless volunteers, mainly calendula. It is like a weed.

So, I put aside for a bit the hippy vest I was crocheting, but when I get sick of weeding, why, I'll have to complete it.