End of July Visit to Herefordshire - Part 1

 

We managed to go to Herefordshire last week for four nights. Thankfully, most of the plants seem to have survived although a few looked a bit sorry for themselves. Sadly, the new lavender bought earlier this year seems to be suffering now.

Timothy glad to be back.

No change in the Herefordshire Trees

Herefordshire Oak

Octopus Tree in the centre of the photo below

Constable Tree(s)

Something has been pecking at one of the bee hotels trying to pull the bamboo out. Someone at the site told us they had seen a magpie doing this in their bee hotel.

Since having a slight prune and a good water the rose in a pot is putting out lots of new growth and when we left it had 19 rose buds on it.

Succulents are doing well still

Mini alliums almost in flower

D's chilli plant has two chilli peppers forming and the tomato plant has flowers.

Rose and hydrangea in the garden.

Sadly the nasturtium has been decimated by black fly although another seed seems to have germinated.

We arrived on the Wednesday and did a food shop at  Tesco on the Thursday.  Friday we visited Berrington Hall and I will do a separate post on that.  Saturday we just stayed at the caravan trying to keep cool and Sunday we came home after watering the plants and doing some housework.

I was picking up bats on the bat detector again in the evening - they are now emerging around ten past ten in the evening.  We had lovely views of the nearly full moon. We didn't see any Red Kites this visit but did see several Buzzards and there was a family of Pied Wagtails on the grass by the caravan one day.

All photos taken by me with the Panasonic Lumix FZ330 bridge camera. I don't particularly rate my photos but if anyone wishes to use one of mine or my son's I would appreciate an email first - thanks.