As she is getting bigger and runs around in the garden more, I must really get the garden in shape!

Anyway… it all ended up in a mess. Her jumper is ruined, her hands were covered in paint… but it seemed less a mess in the garden rather than if it had been in the house

Nora and I made this bird feederWell… I made it when she was napping and she brought it down stairs and fill it up with bird food. Jules than hung it up on his shed as neither Nora or I could reach the nail hook.Jules made holes in Nora’s old wellies and we planted some flower plants in them.

I repotted the tomatoes from the egg shells into Nora’s juice boxes and hopefully some chives will grow in the Green Giant tin. We also sprinkled some lavender seeds into a fruit juice pack box and they are all in the cold frame… as it is still March so a cold snap might still happen… and I really do not want them dying because of the cold like what happened to my courgettes when I didn’t protect them and the frost returned! Nora and Heidi than watered my plants… so they are now well drowned!

I remember last year when I tried to do gardening with Nora and most of the time it ended up with me getting frustrated. This year it’s been really nice

When we were walking through the park to the garden centre yesterday, I noticed a play area, so today, we went it is really lovely! Everything is natural wood and they seem to encourage the kids to explore and even build little teepees with the branches they find as I noticed a few around. I think we will be visiting here often as they have done a lot of work to the park and it is really, really lovely.

We stopped at the garden centre again and I bought some daisy and wild flower seeds.

When we got home, Nora and I swept the front garden. Then, I cleared one of the raised beds in the back garden where I’ve decided will be dedicated to the wild flowers for the bees. Nora sprinkled the seeds… hopefully some will grow.

A little robin red breast kept us company while we (I) was clearing the back garden (while Nora played with the worms that I found), so we got pour some bird seeds in a plastic plate and left it for the robin.

I hope this year we will be more active with the garden. It’s been neglected for far too long.

This is what I picked out from our garden today… some Marris Piper potatoes…

So today, as Jules cleared up the shed to fit in his exercise bicycle, I replanted the pak choi and pulled up some weed. Lots of weed! I had to dig deep to get to the roots. We have thistle problem… not due to a couple of weeks neglect, but a couple of years. It took us a few years before we did much around the garden.

With all the digging, I found lots of worms which I kept passing to Nora to keep her entertained and out of trouble. She loves playing with the worm… a bit too much as I caught her kissing a worm.

While I’ve been neglecting the garden, the slugs has had a feast! They’ve massacred my courgette and my garlic. Oh well… at least the lettuces and beetroots are  thriving. I think I will be having salad and fishcake for iftar as my starter.