Summer's bursting out all over

The warm weather is settling in post Christmas, and the garden is looking lush. It's just at that tipping point from the neat, soft green perfection of spring to the jungle of summer, when paths start to disappear and everything sprawls in the sun.

The tomatoes are getting full and fat, promising a good harvest this year. It's still too early for most, but the tiny, hardy Henry Harrington's Dwarf Cherry tomatoes surprised me by winning the race a day before Christmas with three perfectly ripe wee red fruits - now there's a lovely Christmas present!

Another lovely surprise is this bed which I'd left fallow this year - it produced a simply gorgeous surprise meadow of poppies, calendulas, lettuces and rocket. Isn't it beautiful? The bees think it's jolly tasty too!