Summer is on its way!
We have had a beautiful day here at Nice Life Hq. I took my jumper off for the first time this year and as an added bonus I got 4 loads of washing done, hung out and dried. That means the wash basket was empty for a good hour! Quite an achievement with 3 littlies!
We took advantage of the good weather today and started making our large vegetable planters. We have plenty of seedlings growing indoors at the minute getting ready for the big step into the world.
I used to grow vegetables, on a large scale in a previous pre children lifetime. It was something that I really enjoyed, I was happy whiling away the hours in the polytunnels or collecting raspberrys and I was fortunate to have a great teacher in my farm manager. I have very fond memories of potato harvest.
Since I left farming to have my kiddies I have dabbled with growing veg but have never made it beyond the odd tomato or chilli plant!
There is 3 years from start to finish between my 3 kiddies so for a couple of years growing veg was the very last thing on my mind.
Last year we grew peas and corn as well as our faithful tomatoes but a house move and alot of disorganisation meant nothing else got planted.
Roll on a year later and with growing season well under way, 3 littlies very keen to help and our food bill continually on the increase. ........bring on the veg!
We have sweetcorn, tomatoes, lettuce, spring onions, broad beans and melon (dont ask! The kids took it upon themselves to plant the seeds out of the melon and they are growing so watch this space!) all well underway and another delivery of seeds yesterday means there is plenty more to come.
I will keep you informed of our progress, project decrease the food bill has begun!
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