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#MySundaySnapshot

#MySundaySnapshot this week comes from our allotment, where I spent Saturday afternoon planting about 100 spring bulbs in the rain. [...]

By |November 24th, 2019|Allotment|6 Comments

#MySundaySnapshot

It's officially the last day of summer so I thought I'd mark the occasion with #MySundaySnapshot and a little bit [...]

By |September 22nd, 2019|Allotment, Gardening|10 Comments

#MySundaySnapshot

It might look like it was taken abroad, but #MySundaySnapshot this week was taken right here in the UK, on [...]

By |September 15th, 2019|Allotment, Family life|6 Comments

Getting our garden summer ready with TJ Hughes

Fancy winning a garden chiminea, a set of solar string lights, a rainbow paddling pool with built-in sprinkler system (such [...]

By |July 24th, 2019|Allotment, Competitions, Gardening, Parenting, Reviews|5 Comments

Revamping our garden furniture with Pinty Plus spray paint

Got some garden furniture in need of a bit of TLC? Want to give it a new lease of life [...]

By |June 26th, 2019|Allotment, Gardening, Parenting, Reviews|7 Comments

#MySundaySnapshot

#MySundaySnapshot this week comes from our allotment, where we've added a pond in the hope of attracting frogs. After digging [...]

By |March 3rd, 2019|Allotment, Family life|6 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

I know last week's #MySundayPhoto was a picture from our allotment, but I couldn't resist sharing another after this little [...]

By |September 30th, 2018|Allotment|13 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

It's been a funny old year on the weather front hasn't it: late snow followed by a heatwave followed by [...]

By |September 23rd, 2018|Allotment|8 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Finally it's rained! It's been more than a month since we had any rainfall where we live but at last [...]

By |July 29th, 2018|Allotment, Parenting|7 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Can you spot the busy bee? I captured this little fella for #MySundayPhoto on our allotment this week - in [...]

By |June 10th, 2018|Allotment, Gardening|6 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Hello spring! It might be wet, windy and generally Januaryish but #MySundayPhoto this week is proof spring is on its [...]

By |January 28th, 2018|Allotment|12 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

We have ourselves a record over on the allotment - raspberries in the last week of November! Admittedly there's only [...]

By |November 26th, 2017|Allotment|4 Comments

Creating a wildlife garden with Homebase #GardenGoals: the big reveal!

Drum roll please…it’s time for the big reveal of our Homebase #GardenGoals wildlife friendly garden! At the beginning of May we [...]

By |May 29th, 2017|Allotment, Gardening, Parenting, Reviews|3 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

After a week of rain followed by a week of sunshine the first strawberries of summer have made an appearance [...]

By |May 27th, 2017|Allotment, Gardening|6 Comments

How to create a wildlife-friendly garden

The trouble with keeping lots of plates spinning all at the same time (a parenting superpower) is it’s only a matter [...]

By |May 10th, 2017|Allotment, Parenting|8 Comments