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Print!
Exciting news!!! The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle has gone to print! It’s turning into a real book as we speak. Eeeekkkk! ๐
Queen Elsa and the Three Kings
Little Owl and I spent a morning on the allotment planting out strawberry runners on a bare patch and putting the dahlias to bed. None of the old chaps dig their dahlias up for the winter so weโve followed their … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, angle, broad beans, carol concert, christmas, Christmas Fayre, Christmas party, COVID-19, dahlias, manure, Mums, nativity, winter, zoom
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Homework
Little Owl looked up from her homework the other evening, โDid you know Edward the Confessor died with no hair?โ โReally? Wow, thatโs interestingโฆโ A long silence as I registered what sheโd said. โNo hair? Thatโs a funny fact to … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged allotment, cosmos, Edward the Confessor, flashcards, hair, heir, homework, learning to read, maths, mum, parenting, phonics, sh, sounds, verbena
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Seasonal rituals
The children went back to school and it all seemed to be going okay. Then the news came that gatherings were being restricted to six people due to a rise in Covid numbers. My heart sank. After all that has … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, autumn, bulbs, children, colds, cough, Covid, covid restrictions, covid test, COVID-19, crocuses, flu, geese, manure, migration, new term, nurse, pansies, parenting, return to school, runny nose, tulips, vaccines, winter, work
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End of an era
Wren started school this morning and with that, a phase of my life has passed. I have such mixed feelings about it! I can’t say I enjoyed having little babies. Before I had one myself, I imagined cuddling my baby … Continue reading
Allotment Update
Okay, I think we’re all in need of an allotment update aren’t we?! Swiss Chard โ middling. Growing but itโs getting a lot of attention from the pigeons. Unwanted attention from my point of view. Asparagus โ good this year … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things
Tagged allotment, asparagus, beetroot, blackberries, broad beans, carrots, cornflowers, dahlias, fruit, gardening, grow your own, growing, marigolds, Monty Don, nasturtiums, new potatoes, perpetual onions, pigeons, pumpkins, rudbeckia, salad, slugs, strawberries, summer, summer holidays, sweet williams, sweetpeas, swiss chard, tomatoes, update, vegetables, Wales
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Rain
This is a photo from half term. I sat on the beach in the sunshine while the children pottered about in the shallows. No one needed a wee or a snack, no one was having a meltdown, no one was … Continue reading
Virtual garden visits
First of all, apologies to those of you who tried to leave a comment here over the last week or so. I think the problem is resolved, fingers crossed! My lovely friend helps me with the mechanics of this blog … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged alan titchmarsh, albrighton rambler, allotment, broad beans, charities, creeping phlox, district nurses, flowers, fundraising, garden inspiration, gardening, gardens, green patch, hospice, marigolds, Nation Gardens Scheme, NGS, nursing, rose, scent, sweet peas, virtual gardens, warm evenings
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Duke of York
I have gone with Duke of York for my new potatoes again this year. Despite initial reservations they were delicious last year, and much better than the Charlottes I tried the year before, which are always so nice from the … Continue reading
