The kitchen garden is a riot of colour - flowers in glorious profusion - hardly any room the vegetables. This is no accident - I plant them along the edges of the beds on purpose. Companion planting - something I have always done - mixing everything up, and it seems to work. Although to the vegetable garden purist it may look a chaotic mess. Today I gathered the first of my crops; finger-sized courgettes and lettuce and a couple of cucumbers - from plot to plate in a couple of shakes. Even after many years of growing my own food I still get a thrill when I go to the top of the garden to see what I can find - almost like foraging for free food. And you know what - it all tastes darned good. You can't beat it.
The day was very hot so as it cooled a little in the evening we went for a stroll by the lake which was as flat as a mirror, the sky and trees reflecting in the water. Just us, and a family of swans floating by. Perfect.
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