Sowing the Seeds

Busy, busy, busy. The last few days have been action packed! On Friday, a visit to the allotment, Saturday was spent visiting mother and grandmother (mine) for advance Mother's Day treats, Sunday lots of cleaning and a visit from the small person's Favourite Aunty. Smiles all round and plenty to show for our hard work and time well spent.

At the allotment things are just getting underway. The shed needed repairs to the guttering system so that the water butt could work more effectively and then our attention turned to weeding, digging and planting onion sets. I have to say that he did most of this work, I did a bit of weeding but was then called upon to keep the small person occupied and, as it got a bit colder, she and I headed home early leaving him to it. However, more action on this front is now planned; through freecycle, I have found a plentiful source of free chicken manure! Oh the things you can get excited about when you have an allotment! Also, a day has been planned when grandma can come and amuse the small person so that he and I can really get stuck in and rotavate....so more on that soon.

My revamped garden potting area has been put to use, rather than just looking nice. Over the last few days, as time allows, I have sown red onion (Florence), parsnip (Gladiator), and broad bean (unknown variety as the seed was a freebie from a friend). We also have some sun flowers that were a gift from Favourite Aunty and some petunias that I had forgotten I ordered last year that are now 'growing on'. It would be lovely to have a greenhouse but space does not allow so we mostly manage with covered seed trays.

Must go now as it's the small person's lunch time - this post is brought to you by virtue of the fact that she is napping but such snooziness cannot be allowed to go on or we will all pay for it later!