We have been getting summer weather almost continuously for the past month. For instance, this afternoon it was 27 degrees centigrade (80 degrees F) in the garden. We have been making the most of the garden and enjoy being able to have lunch outside – even if we may need a jacket.
Today was, in fact, too hot without sitting under a parasol, but the parasol had been requisitioned as a day-time roosting spot for a bat (Pipistrelle, I think.)
We have had a Pipistrelle roosting through the winter behind the shutters of the window facing the garden. He disdained the bat box Kourosh had made mounted on the wall.
Kourosh noticed that the gap he squeezed into behind the shutters was narrower than the gap recommended for the bat box. So he made a custom-sized box specially for him and placed it slightly to the side of where he roosted. Still he preferred the shutter.
So our choice today was to move under the apricot tree for shade. We do try to give nature a home but sometimes I think they can push their luck.
a french garden 