Clearing

raking leaves grass

I had one of those rare days, where I spent the day with just one of the children.  We started off going into her old school for a craft session with one of the classes, involving a lot of cinnamon. And I mean, a lot of cinnamon. More on that in another post.

collecting leaves

Next on to a brief meeting at her school along with all her classmates (how secondary school works is still surprising me), followed by lunch out. By the time we got home, my head still felt heavy from all the cinnamon, along with the strange feeling of sitting in a school room again, so I knew we needed some time outside. It did us both good. The rakes came out. We improvised with a bin, as the wheel barrows are still full of apples.

kicking leaves

Who can resist the temptation to kick the pile of leaves? It took about an hour, but one part of the garden is clear , with more to clear tomorrow. The leaves are piled up, ready to make leaf mould. Best of all, it cleared our heads. Simple, but effective.

Linking up for #CountryKids. Special hello to any fellow blog hoppers. Hope you all had fun outside.

Country Kids from Coombe Mill Family Farm Holidays Cornwall

 

28 comments

    1. Thank goodness it is fun. Looking at our trees, I think we have just as much to come down still. It does make great leaf mould. 😀

  1. The weather has been perfect this week for leaf collecting/, dry and bright. Your daughter looks stunning and what a great way to spend some outdoor time and clear the garden too.

    1. Dry leaves are much easier to move. Our copper beech looks so magnificant in leaf and it does make a beautiful carpet of leaves when they fall, but needs must! I defintely needed time outside 😀

    1. Still got so many leaves to clear up and not all of them have fallen yet. I think we’ll be doing a bit more cobweb clearing this week! 😀

  2. I become such a big kid when there’s leaves about. I think fallen leaves were made for kicking. You look really engrossed in it too 🙂

    1. There is a pile of leaves that the wind has piled up on the side of our drive. Every time I take the children to school, they (and me) cannot resist a quick kick through it. Each day the wind has piled it up again, ready for us! 😀

  3. I think you’re right – a bit of fresh air really does clear your head and brighten your mood, as you say, simple but effective 🙂 #CountryKids

  4. This is something we really need to do and soon, we don’t have any trees big enough for loads of leaves yet but our garden has been ‘invaded’ by leaves from the trees next to the canal!

  5. Mmmmmmm a lovey pile of leaves for composting. When we had our allotment the council used to allow us to take leaves from their huge piles, it made terrific compost.
    Briony
    x

  6. I want some leaves to put on my vegetable patch as I hear they are the best fertiliser – going to have to do some leaf clearing as well! hope my daughter is as helpful as yours was!

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