Fun with Friends

Yes, I know, the blog is like a bus - no posts for ages then two come along at once! I just thought I'd do a quick one from today so that all our days out don't build up and then never get written down.

Today we met up for a play with three other families at our friend's house/garden who have the pigs. Poor Toby was the lone boy among seven girls and it didn't take him too long to wander off on his own to make mud pies and go on the zip wire.

We spent the entire morning in the garden, as it was sunny and lovely. A bit of colouring was done, followed by lots of climbing, swinging, zipping and flower picking. As you can see, the pigs are coming on nicely and still have a good six months to pack on a few more pounds.

I don't know if I've mentioned in previous blog posts but we have got the patch the pigs were on last year to grow veg - an allotment in a friends garden! It started off as a big swamp of compacted mud and pig poo but with lots of digging and hard work it's now looking pretty good. The potatoes are starting to flower, the sweet corn, beetroot, french beans, broad beans, tomatoes, parsnips, courgettes and purple sprouting broccoli are coming on really well, the cabbages are getting nibbled (any suggestions for preventions gladly welcomed). The runner beans are also doing great - hopefully soon they'll be covering our bean den/swing nicely! Not too much else to go in though I do have some more potatoes to go in along with some mange tout and I think some 'spare' plants from various people that don't fit in their gardens.

We had lunch of freshly laid dippy eggs though were plagued by the hens; you can see Beth pointing them out under the table. I think they wanted their eggs back though they didn't reckon on four ravenous children!