<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">June is off to a wet and windy, unseasonably cold start this year in central Brittany and our vegetable garden is so far behind there is no hope of courgettes or runner beans before September. In a brief dry spell I harvested our garlic though, and here's a preview of how it looks - very pleased.</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FCGfd7_g0ek/XQTEAzmpt1I/AAAAAAAAO0c/P9dWheGnGq8yvHYGNwf_-daKg4-GXaiNACLcBGAs/s1600/D4822E96-D3D9-4214-8429-961C88E9478D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FCGfd7_g0ek/XQTEAzmpt1I/AAAAAAAAO0c/P9dWheGnGq8yvHYGNwf_-daKg4-GXaiNACLcBGAs/s320/D4822E96-D3D9-4214-8429-961C88E9478D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The elderflowers aren't fragrant enough this year, with no sunshine, to make it worth the trouble of making elderflower champagne or jelly. But it does look pretty mixed in with the surprising passionflower which rambles through the holly bush with great persistence.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_y8S2q4vvSU/XQTD9W5o8XI/AAAAAAAAO0U/cwxlCpe8bXsnswNxFAyq5-l_Wx5N5V3IgCLcBGAs/s1600/05CAA386-C4FE-4D42-A286-EDD39F398471.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1391" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_y8S2q4vvSU/XQTD9W5o8XI/AAAAAAAAO0U/cwxlCpe8bXsnswNxFAyq5-l_Wx5N5V3IgCLcBGAs/s320/05CAA386-C4FE-4D42-A286-EDD39F398471.jpeg" width="278" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our first bowl of delicious strawberries. Mostly from the cold frame, so for next year I want to put them under cover. If this is the climate change we can expect, we need to go under cover!</div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y1RpD2Q18aY/XQTD9zwn3-I/AAAAAAAAO0Y/pPWloXCA0gw24Amrei191oWCA94q2KzQQCLcBGAs/s1600/43ADF5F8-9196-4C32-9676-0056A2E07F62.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="1600" height="315" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y1RpD2Q18aY/XQTD9zwn3-I/AAAAAAAAO0Y/pPWloXCA0gw24Amrei191oWCA94q2KzQQCLcBGAs/s320/43ADF5F8-9196-4C32-9676-0056A2E07F62.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;In a brief warm spell we had the six Jacob’s sheep sheared, and they have produced fabulous fleeces which are begging to be spun!</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r0deDAaInt4/XPpQlcMAyrI/AAAAAAAAOzw/b-gcLD5zKpQnXYhCvepFzq5UHZvXnpsqwCEwYBhgL/s1600/504AE596-0DCE-43B4-A0E0-5E5B94953724.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1413" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r0deDAaInt4/XPpQlcMAyrI/AAAAAAAAOzw/b-gcLD5zKpQnXYhCvepFzq5UHZvXnpsqwCEwYBhgL/s320/504AE596-0DCE-43B4-A0E0-5E5B94953724.jpeg" width="282" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Half of one of our fleeces</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RGqvJwqIsZA/XPpQBPKAMhI/AAAAAAAAOzk/EC_fWmIrC94U7DUmZg-wRMD8_LRjg19YgCLcBGAs/s1600/81E89D2A-2380-4BE8-AB4E-10842A1540AD.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="782" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RGqvJwqIsZA/XPpQBPKAMhI/AAAAAAAAOzk/EC_fWmIrC94U7DUmZg-wRMD8_LRjg19YgCLcBGAs/s320/81E89D2A-2380-4BE8-AB4E-10842A1540AD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Blaze, our Jacob’s ram, reveals his true spots!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>