SUMMER SOLSTICE AT THE CONES.
There has been reason to celebrate this week as my digging of peat finally came to an end. That’s not to say the peat season is over, since they are still out there on the moor drying nicely and awaiting the home coming sometime in August. During a week of perfect drying weather the last few peat to be cut crisped up enough to be lifted and benefit from the westerly breeze. Most of the first cut are now dry and standing on the top side, a little regiment of cones silhouetted against the evening summer solstice sun.
Back in the garden the burst of summer colour has arrived, the vegetable garden looking productive and from under the plastic cover, a picking of four small strawberries to go with my breakfast muesli. It’s at times like this that I’m thankful I don’t have to share those hard won fruits of my labours.
