Another round of deadheading today. On one trip to the compost heap I disturbed a young wren who turned out be one of three, who gathered on next door’s greenhouse among an alarm call from one of them.

I have a new gladiolus out in Bed 3 – one of the new bulbs I planted. No sign of much else, though I put in lots of bulbs for the summer. I also picked my first little bunch of sweet peas.

There are some black fly infestations, but not too bad. So far I’m just gently wiping them off where possible or cutting off the odd leaf.