In the garden, our two apple trees change daily . . . 

This morning the apple blossom opened up . . .

I hope the number of flowers means we will get lots of fruit this year!

Clearing out the tomato trough in the shed, I pulled up this weed . . .

. . . and found the root connected to a seed which had fallen out of a fruit stone. It's either an apricot or nectarine stone which must have found its way into our compost heap and then got transferred to the trough for growing tomatoes. I hurriedly potted it.

If this seedling grows, will it need a second plant for pollination to produce fruit?

The fruit has ripened later this year up Hillsborough in Ilfracombe and there are lots of lovely berries ready for jam making.

On the whole, we've had a good year for fruit with good crops of apples, raspberries and blackcurrants.

The fruit has been growing for ages, it seems, but the tomatoes are finally starting to ripen.

Looks like being our first good crop for quite a few years after rain spoilt previous crops.

I'm not sure anyone can beat @llamakevin 's magnificent field of sunflowers. Our tallest one continues to grow, but no sign of a flower yet . . .

However, the tomatoes are really coming on: lots of flowers and fruit forming.

We could be tomato-ed out in a few weeks.

I just wish I could slow time down at this point of the year. From April to June everything seems to grow so fast. The poppies have come and gone in a blink and our wild rose has almost finished flowering.

Now the flowers on the bushes are developing into flowers. The raspberries look good . . .

. . . and so do the blackcurrants . . .

As you can see, I'm a practical gardener and love plants that provide produce. The runner beans are starting to flower, although still have a way to grow up the wall, and the tomatoes are too.

So while it will be wonderful to eat the beans and tomatoes, and make jams and puddings, I don't want the summer to pass by too fast.

I do enjoy flowers though and think the colour of these (haven't a clue what they are ) is stunning . . .