Family visit and homemade see saw

Today we visited the plot as a family. It is lovely when we all go up there, great when Neil can help. He does love it and gets a break from the old screen. Neil pulled up old Broad Bean plants and replaced them with Pumpkins and Courgettes. I weeded around most things, including the Cosmos which is flowering beautifully - purity which is as it suggests, pure white - and Neil sowed Beetroots around them, hey why not, the weeds will only come otherwise.

The boys were generally very patient with our pootling around, they made a see saw from a plank on uneven ground and enjoyed pinging each other off. They played 'It' and ran around various plots. They chased each other with sticks (is that allowed? Health and Safety?! Ho ho ho) and sleeping lions on the grass. I mowed around them and tidied and trimmed.

I have managed to regenerate the Kale which had been severely attacked by birds, I water it really well and hide it under a mini polytunnel when I leave. I risk it drying but there is plenty of stuff around it to retain moisture, Raspberry foliage, Sweetcorn and so on. I do love a Kale pasta dish now and then.

We came home with Garlic, Onions, Broad Beans, Courgettes, Raspberries and Rhubarb. Delicious! We sure are ready for more land and I shall be gently enquiring again about the untended 5 rod in front of ours. Let me extend and grow Asparagus and flowers and more fruit, Please?!