and the frost threatens...

oh how pleased i am that i kept the fleece on my seedlings! i nearly left it off the other day, out of pure laziness really. i took the fleece off to do some slug and snail hunting, got busy with other 'lottment tasks, the clock was ticking and i just could not be bothered to put the fleece on again. but i did, yay for me not being lazy! i kinda want it to be frosty tomorrow, just so i can be a little smug! 

me and the toddler went to the garden centre today. **in gardeners heaven**. i did very well resisting the box hedges, i really would like to have a boxed hedge at the 'lottment, with spacing for a gate. this would give my plot a nice definition between the 'un-growable' area and the veggie and fruit area! 

the garden centre we went to today was fab with good priced plants and garden accessories. there was a duck pond and chickens for sale. the toddler decided he might like to put one of his fingers into the chicken cage. yep. the chicken pecked it. he thought this was very amusing and tried to do it over and over again. oh, yes, and the parrot. the toddler wanted to teach the parrot to talk. that didn't quite work out!

i also brought some seeds. i am so excited to have the sprouting broccoli. this is the third packet i have brought. this is the only packet that has made it home! i just don't know what came of the other two packets. i brought them. i left the shop with them. i didn't come home with them! i also bought some swiss chard 'bright lights'. i've never tried swiss chard before, but its rainbow coloured. it must be good right?!

now, if it would just stop raining...
xoxo