Star for June

These beauts are Ixia. Bought a pack of 10 from Wilkinson's for £1. They are on the deck and look great next to my (as yet) uneaten Hosta. They look even better now I've removed the nettle that was growing through them - I must have some iffy compost as I've got nettles coming up all over and never had them before.

At last

It's been a long wait for the strawberry patch to get going - three years I think. This is our second picking so we're actually eating bowlfuls this year. Strawberrytastic.