A recent visitor said the garden was nice but could do with a tidy up. I think that's a bit harsh- I cut the grass as often as twice a year.

 Bear's Breech (Acanthus mollis) thrives under the apple tree, although the leaves have become wilted and parched with the lack of rain. It throws up striking spikes of flowers and in fact flowers more when times are tough.

 I notice bumblebees particularly love the flowers on the bramble bushes. This is encouraging given how much bramble there is in overgrown parts of town and country.

 I've been growing lettuce in a planter as a cut and come again crop, now there's a glut. I remembered a recipe for lettuce soup to use it up- it's delicious. When lettuce is cooked it goes dark green like spinach and tastes similar.
 The runner beans are coming on in the tub alongside.

 Jasmine grows along part of the wooden fence on the south side of the garden forming a hedge of sorts. It has a delicious fragrance as night falls to attract pollination by moths.

 It doesn't get much more humble than this or much lovelier. Heartsease (Viola tricolor), an annual grown from seed in a pot on a window sill.