Sunflower Seeds Go In....

Another rushed Tuesday, but we shoe-horned in some gardening work as well as everything else!

Namely, we potted 36 sunflower seeds, which will eventually make the place look luvverly. Sam loved sticking his clean hands into the mucky compost, and splatting it into the pots - peat pots which we can plant straight into the ground without disturbing the roots of our flowers. The pots will now soak up some water in the bath overnight, then spend a while on Sam's bedroom windowsill until some healthy, strong shoots appear. And then we'll transplant them to the allotment ("our" allotment, Sam reminded me earlier, not "my" allotment!). They'll either go up the fence alongside the runner beans, or just opposite, on the boundary fence, in between the Manure Mountain and The Shed. But whichever place the sunflowers don't go, the tomato plants will. But that's another story.

I thought I'd add a little texture to my Allotment Tales, and include two pictures I took on Sunday.

This is Callum's homemade egg cart. Callum's the 13-year old currently entering his tenth summer on his allotment, and he sells surplus eggs from his chickens. Very cheap and very high quality, and not surprisingly they sell out almost instantly. And BUGGRIT I just missed out on Sunday, grrr....

And this is the swan nest right next to the entrance gates. Do not go too close, or tarry too long unlocking or re-locking, because Mister Swan is absolutely full of attitude right now! The picture is a bit pants because Mr S immediately raised his wings and was about to go for me. Probably.

This is Mister Intrepid (But Cowardly) signing out.