Tulip Time

Bath Time

I wonder if I should take a bath.....................

Perhaps I'll just have a paddle...........

Aster BoB - setting the slide valves

Setting the slide valves on the 3 cylinders, so that there is equal steam port opening at both ends of the travel.

Meanwhile, in the potting shed

Meanwhile, in the cooler confines of the potting shed ( formerly a pigsty, now with transparent roof), these plants are thriving.

Sleeper, awake

It's a new dawn for Lesley, who weighed in at a record 5lb 5oz this year.

Honesty repaid

We didn't plant the purple Honesty - honestly. But it makes a pleasing picture under the unfolding Acer leaves.

Pond Life

The first lily leaf has just surfaced. A pond skater is making use of it already. Some tadpoles are also visible, in the blanket weed behind.

In the garden

In the main veg area the 1st early potatoes are emerging. We purchased them rather late, and they were very soft, with long brown shoots. But they seem to be doing ok.

The broad beans are doing well. The artichokes behind are getting used to their new location, having moved them from the main veg area earlier in the year.

In the conservatory - leeks, tomatoes, french beans, geraniums and lobelia all coming on well

Aster BoB progress

Yesterday I added the connecting rods to the chassis. It looks like this: