Snap dragon closed Snapdragon open With a light squeeze on either side of the base of the flower, AJ made the snapdragon flower open. Did you know that the botanical name for snapdragon – Antirrhinum – is meant to translate from the Greek for “like a nose”? I guess it […]
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Crocheting and counting to eight
It pretty much rained all day. The children wanted to spend their first proper day off school playing at home. They spent timeĀ playing together with the marble run, the farm set and the train set. They dressed up and, on the whole, played nicely together. They even put them […]
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The clematis next to our covered bench opened today. I planted it to go over the roof of the bench. I don’t know why I didn’t realise that it would head towards the sun. Instead of covering the bench… … it is cuddling up to the fig. Funny thing is […]
Read moreThe mythical five minute job
My five minute job…. …turned into a half an hour job…. … but I got there….. in the end (swearing I’m never using pea netting again!!!)…. ….its all got to grow now….please… like these… ..first radishes and lemon balm to add to our salad. While some of us worked, others….. […]
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