Good morning, sunshine

At the allotment at 8am to do some watering, move some tagetes and to think about fertilizing with nettle tea, Though possibly not a good idea as Allan and I are to attend a funeral later in the morning, and the smell tends to follow you around for a while. It is astounding how fast things are growing in this light and warmth. The grasping tendrils of the beans have grown 2ft since Sunday, it bit unnerving. The first few chicory flowers have started to open, quite similar to the salsify flowers, but smaller, pale blue aquamarine broaches held on wiry black and green stems 6ft in the air. The speed of life is frightening, last week the dog rose and elderflower were in full bloom, now all their flowers are spent, the hips already starting to swell on the roses. The wild scrambling raspberries have turned from green to red. We water the seedlings, move the tagetes and think better of opening the barrel of nettle tea (best left for the weekend, we think).