Help for Heroes

We had our Help for Heroes annual event on Thurday and what an evening we had, the weather was perfect, the garden looked stunning and the company was excellent what more can be said
other that we raised a goodly sum too for this very worthy charity.
The weather continues to be hot which means the roses are not lasting long and my poor French student has to go out each morning to dead head them and anything else that is finishing. We had 8mm of rainfall last night which was very welcome as we were again dry as a bone and the lawn was starting to go brown, hopeful of more at the end of the week!

Midsummer Madness

The weather has been all over the place - on Saturday it was so cold I had on my fleece and a jumper and today it has been really warm, the forcast for the rest of the week is also good, so our Help for Heroes Midsummer Evening should be a roaring success.
Our new french student arrived on Monday her name is Domitille and she is working very hard, we are hoping she will show us how to play boules as we have had a set for several years and not used them.
The roses are looking absolutely fantastic this season they must have enjoyed being cut back drastically in the Autumn and we have sprayed them for blackspot this year it has made a great deal of difference. I will cut the rest of the old growth out again this Autumn and they will be like new!!!

Summer at Goltho

It has been a really busy week with booked visits in during the day and in the evening, the weather has been very kind and been warm and sunny just how you would imagine an English summer should be but usually isn't.
Market Rasen had its annual Gardeners Fair last weekend and Goltho Gardens had a stall, this is the third year I have been there so it was nice to catch up with old friends and a chance to chat and make some new ones.
This weekend coming we have a group of classic cars calling in to the teashop for lunch on their way to a local show, so if you are here on Sunday 13 around 12.00pm you will be able to see them in the carpark, they are wonderful to see and a credit to their owners.
We are holding our Midsummer Madness in aid of that worthy charity Help for Heroes again this year, on June 24 at 7.00pm so anyone wanting tickets had better get a move on as not many left.

Charity begins at Goltho

We have been very busy this last weekend as we had a Charity Open Day and for the first time a Craft Fair both on Sunday, it went really well with lots of visitors only the wind was the unfortunate problem with stall holders struggling to put up gazebos. I think if we do another we will have it in the big barn!

The garden looks very lush at the moment, which is a miracle as it is extremely dry and the small amount of rain we have had has been dried up again by the wind. The roses are very nearly out and looking good from the 'haircut' that they had last Autumn. They were in need of a some severe pruning and general TLC.

I have posted a picture of the Wisteria which is looking absolutely wonderful at the moment.