Busy Bees

 Sorry I've been so neglectful on here, we've just been so busy lately! 

My Online stuff has gone crazy again with lots of gooseberry scoops being sold as well as my other items. there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day. I've also had a few talks, as well as a day at Hay Festival and lots of bee stuff to do as well. 

I love this picture above, we were trying to capture a swarm for a friend who is a beekeeper, who was on holiday. We thought we had the queen, but she was tucked up under a roof and so this was a failed attempt. Good experience, although a bit disappointing. I took one daughter each time I tried with that swarm. A real shame for my friend, but we did try our best. I think I needed some sort of vacuum to get the queen out. 

So tomorrow will be in the workshop, and I'm going to get my eldest to do the jobs I should be doing in the garden hopefully, and Middlest making some sourdough! 

Talk For A School

I was really lucky again this year to be invited back to Hellens Gardens to give a talk for a school. 

They'd been going to the school and building a garden with them and planting seeds with the year 3 class. This was the last day and involved some crafts and planting as well as a talk from me about growing food. 

Sweet Chestnut Raised beds

Well it's taken me a year, but I finally have some raised beds in that I can use. Well nearly... I still need to fill three of them. 

Wild Garlic Flat Bread

Last night I fired up the pizza oven for tea, made some dough and sent the children on a foraging walk without me. 

Their mission was to get me some wild garlic we could mix into butter to make amazing flat breads to go with the pizzas. 

Visit To A Vineyard and Garden

 Last week as manic as I've come to expect, but I did manage to steal an hour yesterday to go and see a local garden and vineyard as I'm friends with the daughter in law of the owner. 

It was a perfect spring day (in fact so hot it felt like a summers day), and it was a the perfect break to take from the workshop.