Sunday, February 13, 2011

A growing garden and a growing boy.

The sweetpeas self seeded from last year and are tangling up with the climbing beans. The children are busy in the sandpit, they are spending as much time as possible there at the moment.

Our strawberry beds have done well this year despite being transplanted so very late. However it has been rare that a bowl full of strawberries have made it into the house, most being plucked straight from the plants by little hands like these and popped straight into little mouths.


This is Daniels bed. We have had such a cool summer everything is slow to mature, I only hope the frost can hold off for at least another month. Daniel has very much enjoyed caring for his bed, weeding it and watching the little cucumbers develop.
These are my temporary beds, in place while my big veg garden gets it's major face lift. They have done very well too, though again some heat would be great.
One little boy turned 4 yesterday. What a lovely day it was too. He wanted a 'ginerman' house for his birthday cake this year after reading Jan Bretts The Gingerbread Baby. He believed his house was the exact house that was in his library book.
Yes his birthday present, and a refilled sandpit to use it in. All of the children have loved playing in the sandpit since it's refilling. It's been so lovely watching them play together.