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32 today, what are you doing to keep cool,,,

A sweltering 32 here today and everything is wilting in the garden. So after a good water I will be sat watching the sun go down possibly with a little pimms!!!...... So what's everyone else doing to keep cool?

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  • Oooo what type of jam waterbutts? I did strawberry last week it's yummy. Moved my rhubarb earlier in the year and its gone beeeeserk so am gonna do maybe rhubarb and ginger!!

  • I just lay out on a lounger enjoying the sunshine. Then a nice coolish bath. Have been out and watered everything. It's nice and cool in living room this evening. Having said that I love the sound of homemade jam image

  • My strawberry jam did set very well I always add 1 spoon of liquid pectin.... I have the river cottage jam book and its ace.... My blueberries are spectacular this year may add them to some hedgerow jam!!!! I'm also going to do crab apple and chilli this year as I have a mega bumper crop of chillis!!!!! Tomato jam sounds amazing I have grown Black Russian tomatoes this year I thought they were going to be cherries but they are more like beefsteak!!! Yumm can't wait

  • I made strawberry & rhubarb a couple of weeks ago & was surprised how good it was. (Sound of own trumpet being blown!!image) I prefer it to the strawb on its own which I also did, as it's not too sweet.

    Having been away for a week, & there was a lot of rain, the rhubarb is huge again so might risk trying another batch.

  • GirlyfoxGirlyfox Posts: 50

    made 2 home made strawberry cheesecakes today then did a lot of watering after sorting out my rabbit hutches flowers on everythingimage

  • MahwahMahwah Posts: 14

    The Potty Gardener is not so potty - the way you used your day sounds perfect!  Trying to work in the garden in temps. of around 30 degrees is bonkers - especially for an old bat like me.

  • GirlyfoxGirlyfox Posts: 50

    MY OH said I should sit and enjoy the garden but the more you plant the more work there is my best times are early morning when I see new growth each day and in the evening when our frog sneaks out to munch on snails and once I start a bit of weeding I can lose hours at a timeimage

  • Girlyfox I know what you mean I went out yesterday night for a potter and ended up out for 3 hours lol didn't even realise it got dark till the solar lights came on lmao!!!!!

  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    Today I was office bound so kept cool with fans, this evening garden pots were watered.

    I've alot of sunflowers beginning to flower, ranging in height from dwarf to 5 or 6 ft tall, with colours which are vibrant yellow to burnt orange, some are multi headed. This evening, I sat, taking in the last of the suns rays, admiring them and the under planted flowers, which more by accident than design have flowered in oranges, yellows and whites, thinking, should I pick them to bring indoors or let the bee's have a feast...decided....the bee's are having a feast at present... I might pick some tomorrow... 

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