It's beginning to look a lot like Summer

We had some friends round yesterday afternoon and they commented on how nice it was here and how the garden looked like a park. I think when you live here all the time and work very hard outside,  you often forget to look at everything you've done, and instead panic about everything you still have to do!
So this morning I went for a walk and tried to take in the big picture. 

 Here's a little bit of the front garden. The flowers on the left are the bed at the side of the house.

 

 Then there's the orchards. The nearest one is the citrus orchard and behind it are the apples, plums and peaches.

 This is just a wee bit of the back garden... with my potting shed in the distance.

Then looking over the veggie garden and down to the front garden.

 After my wander, I checked out the veggie garden. I'm really pleased with it this year. Things are a lot further on then they were at this time last year!

Spring onions

teeny tiny lettuces!

 Courgettes are ready already!

And the patty palms! What are these really called?? And did I just make this name up??

 First batch of sweetcorn looking good. I've planted 3 lots each a few weeks behind the other so hopefully we'll get sweetcorn for months!

Cauliflowers

and some pretty chives!

 I'll finish off with a really boring pic! But, just to let you see that the grass is all dying back in the new greenhouse. Yesterday Lloyd and I set up the edging and cut the weedmat for the path area to size. On Tuesday, if we have time, we may go and get the soil...I'm working on Lloyd!!