As a stay at home mom, with a child who doesn't go to school, I am always on the lookout for fun activities. A few weeks ago Garden World hosted an amazing fairy garden workshop for children. It was great value for money and the variety of plants and craft materials available was amazing.
When I was a child we had a Saturday morning tradition of having pancakes and rootbeer for breakfast. My dad even used to make maple syrup and rootbeer from extracts that my aunt would bring us when she visited from the US.
Since that bag of carrot seeds (you can read about them here), Lexi and I have done a lot of experimenting with herb propagation. We tend to buy herbs in pots, put them in a sunny spot on the kitchen windowsill, yet they never thrive.
I recently saw a photograph from the 1950's of prams lined up in the snow with napping babies. It got me thinking about the importance of unstructured outside play for children. I am fortunate that Lexi has always loved playing outdoors. However, these days children are spending most of their free time indoors engaging with technology rather than with each other.
The perfect solution for a small, urban garden like mine.... vertical gardening. This vertical garden in Russia is my ultimate! I love the colours and the design. Each pot is perfectly placed.
We were browsing in the vegetable shop yesterday when Lexi was offered a sample taste of Sharon fruit. I was kinda perplexed because I thought I had a broad knowledge of fruit and vegetables, but I'd never heard of Sharon fruit. Turns out, it's a persimmon (Chinese apple) and there was no way we were going home without a bag. It was love at first taste for Lexi.