Things i have been growing this week..

Bump at 20 weeks, We had a scan again this week , all is good . And the sex of the baby is .......... going to be a surprise. I did really want to know , but then once we were in there Martin said he was thinking he wasn't sure if he did want to know , and then they said they didn't know anyway because its legs were closed , and then it seemed like we weren't supposed to know yet anyway! I shall continue with my brightly coloured ambiguous knitting then .


We have also been having lots of lovely lettuce from the garden, and the greenhouse , and the windowsill....... i planted rather a lot and have them dotted all over at the minute.

I love the little tiny leaves the best.

The children have also had their first pea pods from the garden this evening. There was the beginnings of a squabble when after eating her peas Maya ate the pod too , declaring it lovely, upon which Jamie and Sonny decide they both MUST have a pod too! Luckily for all involved there was plenty to be had.

First Strawberry!!!

Sliced in five ( for goodness sake)

Folksy Shop

I have set up a folky shop !! How very exciting please do pop over and have a look ! Specializing in the reclaimed/ recycled. Fans of trashrevamp will recognise a few items.

http://www.folksy.com/shops/MamaTrash

When i have worked out how to do it ( you know i struggle with these things!) i shall put a badge in the side bar with a link . But for now you can find me on the above link. ( I'm Mama Trash by the way )

Up the garden path

Things are really coming along in the garden, fruits, flowers, plants, weeds ( purely for medicinal purposes you understand!) They seem to have gone wild in the space of about a week. Look at my goosegogs now. Think the boys must ask EVERY time they walk past them ' are they ready yet?' a rather wild fruit patch containing , black currants, redcurrants, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and another gooseberry bush just for good measure. Out of interest does anyone know how to make raspberry leaf tea? Is it a case of take the leaves and infuse in boiling water or do they need drying out first?

Some chives which are often presented to me in a rather fragrant bouquet.

The start of the potatoes..

coutgettes, pumpkins and corn all now safely in the vegetable patch. And a rather beautiful , tree/ plant. Is it a guilder Rose? not sure. I love it though, the blossoms are like fluffy snow balls.

If all else fails....

take your clothes off and run around the garden in your pants!

maybe i'll give it a go tomorrow .....

Blog Award

Shell over at My Handmade Haven has given me a very lovely Beautiful Blog award!

http://shellscrafting.blogspot.com/

THANKYOU!!!!!

Unfortunately due to being slightly rubbish at this sort of thing i don't know how to post it on my blog ( the shame)

I would like to dedicate it to Naomi At

Running for the Hills ( in my sidebar) who is going through a really tough time at the minute, and send her and her family all my love xx


And ten things about me...

1. I have the same middle name as my Mum , and my daughter

2. I have worked in a fish factory ( I am from Grimsby!)

3. I have one tattoo but quite fancy another

4. I'm an only child

5. I like the rain

6. The first nappy i ever changed was my daughters

7. My current craving is for toasted marshmallows

8. I hate washing up

9.I have a degree in fine art

10. I love being a Mummy and when i was little wanted to have lots of children sat round the breakfast table.

Off The Tracks !

We had a truly brilliant time , have a look at what we got up to at the trash blog.

http://trashrevamp.blogspot.com/2010/06/off-tracks.html