Heat wave

The heat wave ended with thunderstorms in the S and E

All of Europe, including the UK and Ireland, have been experiencing a heat wave this week. Whereas the UK, France, Italy, Spain, and elsewhere have shot up into the 40s, Ireland stayed in the 25 to 30C range. Thank goodness. We only hit 18.5 yesterday and 23.5 on Sunday, 25.1 on Saturday, 20.7 on Friday and 19.3 on Thursday. That was quite the change from the frigid temps before. 

We've had to water the gardens daily, but we have not watered the vineyard and the orchard. We should have because the apples are dropping from the trees. Lucky donkeys. 

We have a new bistro set in the vineyard which makes it convenient to sit and ponder the status. By and large, we've made progress in controlling the growth this year and have lots more to do, but it was still nice to take a break and go out on the water in the kayak.