Sammy and I dropped Lou at school and went straight to the allotment as it is in need of a bit of love. It has been raining quite a lot this week and so I haven't been able to do much but today the sun was struggling through the clouds and it felt brighter. My main aim was weeding today and the next thing I knew it was 10.30 am. I managed to weed around the carrots and onions and corn. So many weeds!!! Whilst I did this Sammy found worms to re-house and each worm had to be a member of our family. He found a Daddy worm and a Nanny worm just so as they wouldn't be lonely he said. Sammy said he missed Grandma who lived in Norfolk and found her a worm too!
The pumpkins and courgettes are looking really healthy. We pick the carrots each time we go, just a couple for supper each time. We tried the gourd or squash and it was a bit like a cooked cucumber, quite nice flavour but watery. Not sure the boys will go for that.
The best bit today was that we had time to take it all in. The bees were hopping about from poppy to courgette flower and Sammy watched the planes and trains. He is interested in the prickly sharp thistles that then turn to soft flowers eventually which he can touch. He goes 'craning' where he uses a bamboo pole to bash things and pretends to collect necklaces on the pole! Great imagination!
A back-aching, working visit but lovely nonetheless and we had some veg to take home and eat. Yum.
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