Having had the solar panels fitted last Friday, since then we have had a monsoon. Enough sun Saturday morning for two washes and a shower, but not since.

My cold water tank and two dustbins are full of water, so are two large plastic plant pots with no drain holes, and another is half full, and I have bowls and troughs still collecting, and a camping carrier three quarters full. Only the tomatoes in the growhouse need watering! Despite the nematodes, there are slugs around, and I am squirting them with brine when spotted.

I've bought some more dianthus with green leaves like sweet williams, and flowers rather like large sweet williams. These were advertised as having the sweet william scent. This may explain the scentless sweet williams sold by supermarkets. The perfume has been stolen!

Penny