16/06/2026
Oh my, this is scary. I've never spent time away from the farm in summer. I will still be here until next Tuesday morning. We are only away one week. But I won't have time to do much between now and when we leave other than get florists orders cut, sort the flowers for Saturdays wedding and then I'll spend Sunday and Monday clearing up.
We will shut the shed from tomorrow after all orders have been collected.
The pale lemon Marguerite 'Sauce Hollandaise' hedge is spectacular right now. I'm thinking of cutting most of it for the wedding for a meadow arrangement. And we've three beds of larkspur just started. Luckily all those stems are sold - three florists want them, otherwise I'd be having a panic about getting it dried.
But I've not managed to get all the weeding done that I wanted too, so I'm worried I'll come back in two weeks to a huge mess. The statice, feverfew and antirrhinum in the mid summer beds (mostly weeded) is just about to burst into bloom. How will this look in two weeks? I'm popping a photo on here of how it looks now so I can compare when we get back.
Our housesitter is brilliant with the animals. But asking him to look after any plants or cut flowers is probably a step too far! And me. I'm going to have to learn to let go, not worry about things and know that whatever happens while I'm gone won't have to matter.
