Monthly Archives: July 2015
All plants safely in the ground
We are away with our third and final contestants, Team Tara completing their shopping and planting this morning. Team Tara took a different direction from the others planting a couple of Strawberries down the front, the first team to plant a fruit 🙂 They also have a couple of rows of snow peas along the back. … Continue reading
Our second team has planted
Second garden planted with Team Zac spending an afternoon outdoors. Having checked what Team Jess planted this morning, they have opted for a range of different vegetables to try to differentiate themselves from the competition. Grandpa loaned Zac some bamboo stakes and a wire mesh at the back of their garden, planting peas along the … Continue reading
Team Jess take the lead…
Well we are away with the first of the vegetable gardens purchased and planted. Team Jess were the first out the gate, opting for the tactical advantage of being first to the shops and the freedom to choose anything they want to plant. Unfortunately they were so keen to get planting that they had finished … Continue reading
The Garden Challenge – Time to come clean
Well I hope you have enjoyed reading about my cunning scheme to get my kids to grow vegetables… I would love to say everything is going to plan, but the truth is…. I’m making this up as I go!!! So, last night I decided it was time to come clean to the poor Grandparents that … Continue reading
The Garden Challenge – My Scheme starts to grow
On Monday at work in between moaning and groaning about the pain I was feeling from shovelling dirt (beginning to sounds like 3 children asked to put garden beds together!!!) the next part of my scheme began to sprout. I knew I needed help in growing successful gardens or the kids would very soon lose … Continue reading
The Garden Challenge
Last Sunday morning, I awoke full of energy (that’s a lie) and a burning desire (another Lie) to do something different. Actually I was just looking for a quick project for a Sunday morning, but what has evolved has turned into something a little bigger… For sometime I had been toying with the idea of a … Continue reading
