When I got back from dropping off the children this morning, I spotted the first sign that my kitchen garden is waking up. It’s my Timperley early rhubarb. We are still picking brussel sprouts from last year, that survived the snow and I left the small garlics in the ground […]
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Let the gardening year begin
Started off with a heavy frost today, but it soon turned to a fresh sunny March day, just like yesterday. I could get used to this. I started to sort my packets of seeds to see what I need to order. Don’t you just love all the packets? All that […]
Read moreA Spike of Green
TF spotted that daffodil leaves had started to appear in the garden. He was so excited and made sure every member of the family saw them. It reminded me of a poem that I only half remembered, so I spent yesterday evening looking for it. Here it is: Spike of […]
Read moreAncient Egypt part II
Today we made these out of Fimo, based on Nekatu, the little girl in Croco’nile. AJ spent time translating the egyptian hieroglyphics in the book, once I had found the key, which was missing from our copy. Unprompted, she went on to write her name using the same code. It […]
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