PHEW WAS IT HOT!!

Glad it went well Dotty, it was a scorcher here too :o))

Thanks Annella, we could have done with some air con....

I resorted to hot July mode. Have all doors and windows open 6 - 10 a.m. Then all closed. I stay indoors. Even then it takes me a day to recover when it cools down. Must be
my age or something !

The cakes look delicious Dottie, glad it went well. Your garden looks great, full of interest, and colourful. I love the lavender path. Do you dry the flower heads and make sachets with it?

Pleased it went well Dotty, it was very hot wasn't it. The garden as usual is looking fab, the cakes also look good. I like the driftwood with the heuchera, very effective. You can have a rest now, before tackling the changes !!

So glad OH has taken to the fern after all! :)) the garden is fantastic as usual. So many different areas of interest, and great attention to detail...which is something I am beginning to learn now. Cakes look marvellous, but don't you realise that every time I see a pic of a cake, I put on a pound! Lol ;) x

Glad your open day went well.... to hot everywhere I think..zaps all your energy doesnt it..... :)

Lovely pics Dotty, and that Loropetalum looks fantastic . . . do you keep it outdoors all year?!

You've got a lovely garden.....and the cakes don't look bad either!
I notice your Eremerus only has one flower spike...does it usually have more or are there more on the way, or perhaps it's a young plant?The reason I ask is because my yellow one usually has 3 or 4 spike but only has one this year and when I went to Houghton Hall gardens in Norfolk on Saturday they had large clumps of them but only the odd flower.Wondered if it's a bad year for them!!

You garden looks great and the cakes I think Sunday was one of the warmest days I remember for a long time as much as we love the sun it certainly takes it out of us :0)

Kidsgran thanks, it was too hot for me, cannot cope with it now days......
Paul last year we had several spikes from all our Eremurus, there are no more to come, and the rest never bothered to show up, must be the weather.!!
Sheila, it is a pot at the moment and doing so well, I really do not know what to do about planting it in the garden, it would be very annoying to lose it now.
Holly thanks, when I was younger I could stay out all day in the sun, now I find it quite difficult to work when it is that hot!!
Karen sorry about the cake, in future I will put a warning sign up just for you!! the attention to detail sometimes drives OH mad, he has a word for it lol
Cinders thanks, we are slowly getting the garden how we want it....
Lindak one of our neighbours has the lavender and makes sachets with it.
Diane I know how you feel, making cakes in a boiling hot kitchen can be a challenge lol

Great blog Dd....Well done!..Love the Lavender path & that gorgeous Aeonium....Cake!!!!!

Mouthwatering blog, DD2. Glad the day went well, how could it not with such great planting AND cakes - my idea of heaven :)

Thanks. If I got another Loropetalum I would keep it in a pot - lost both last winter!

I'm glad it all went well for you Angela,your daughter deserves a medal for her beautiful cakes your Eremurus is the peachy coloured one of mine that didn't bloom this year..

Amy thanks, we are very lucky to have two daughters who both make lovely cakes.....as for the Eremurus, I can only put it down to the weather...
Sheila that was a pity, we will have to make up or minds soon, as it needs repotting!!
Gee, you are a lady after my own heart lol
Motty thanks the Aeonium is loving all this heat..

Love your garden DD :)