Our adopted scarecrow children
Allow me to introduce the latest additions to our family. These two scarecrows have been placed among our potatoes to guard them from, well, crows and other birds.
Allow me to introduce the latest additions to our family. These two scarecrows have been placed among our potatoes to guard them from, well, crows and other birds.
It’s been a little while since I provided an update on our gardening activities. I have to say, it has been a turbulent time in the vegetable patch.
The past few weeks have been a time of great contrasts in our vegetable garden. We seem to have gone from a near wipe-out of all our crops to amazing growth plus a new addition to our vegetable patch.
As we’re rapidly hurtling towards May I thought it was time to give you an update on our gardening exploits. There is good news: things are beginning to grow.
The school summer holidays are almost at an end and we may be sliding into autumn, but there is still lots to be done in the garden. Every year I grow some plants with my children. I have various aims in mind when doing this. One is to encourage them to be active outside, another is