JP who came to visit last week pronounced himself rather disappointed by the size of my melons, so instead here is a picture of my delicious Potimarron chestnut squashes...
Meanwhile external works are continuing apace - Alan has excavated the footings for the path from the house past the greenhouse towards the stables; I have built two of the three bays of the main compost heap. The third awaits my clearing several hundredweight of flints and slate pieces. The slate was reclaimed from the broken bits left over after roofing and doesn't yet have a home/use, but hopefully most of [this pile of] the flint will vanish under the new path - if any reader needs any flint, we are prepared to sell at very reasonable prices.
