This week in the garden
Our squash and cucumbers were planted last week. This week we were all feeling ill so we kept things simple with a little light weeding. Evie sowed a sunflower seed and I sowed swede and sprouting...
View ArticleThe first peas
The broad beans are just starting to fatten up and the peas have given us our first small harvest. Not enough to take home and cook, but just enough to feed small people (and myself) straight from the...
View ArticleAn abundance
This is our garlic harvest and it has been a good one! This stuff really seems to love the polytunnel and whatever else is going on with the soil. I really should keep better notes about what we have...
View ArticleTaming the jungle
Going on holiday in the middle of July results in returning to an overgrown jungle in the garden. The task of removing all the shoots from the tomatoes is all the more difficult as they have grown to...
View ArticleFor the love of dog
Nine years ago Gracie was born and I was very excited to meet her. The dog I got and her brother. Photo by T Moriarty With her Mummy. Photo by T Moriarty All grown up with Macy. With her new Mum. An...
View ArticleSew and sew
This is a bit of catch up of some the sewing I have been doing over the past couple of months. I had the Merchant and Mills Landgate jacket pattern and enough black British Millerain waxed fabric to...
View ArticleFor kids that keep growing
Indigo Dyed Lazy Days Skirt I am so glad to have children that love to have clothes made for them, though I realise this will not last forever. So while they enjoy and wear them, I cannot help but...
View ArticleTwitchy Fingers
It may seem that Miss M gets the lion’s share of the handmade items, but this is not true, she just enjoys the whole process of modelling more than Miss E. Also, Miss E’s new shorts are still waiting...
View ArticleCarrick-a-Rede
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Co. Antrim Having kids doesn’t make me braver, it just makes me quieter about the things that scare me, such as heights and being on a rope bridge that is swaying around....
View ArticleCushendun
We spent the weekend in Cushendun, arriving late on Friday evening and staying until Sunday morning. Our accommodation was in one of the camping cabins at the Cushendun Caravan Holiday Park. They have...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....