We've been lucky with the weather over the last week and have had plenty of sunshine which has meant lots of garden time. Most of the raised beds are planted up now – just successional sowings of carrots and french beans to go in a few weeks. Each of the 1m^sq beds have polythene fronts and are covered on the other sides with insect netting – it really saves time in picking off caterpillars and keeps off the slugs too. Everything that I'm growing inside is either self-pollinating or doesn't need pollination. It seems to work and and everything is growing well.

It's been good to potter in the garden and the half term week has been fairly relaxed so far.

There's even been a little knitting going on and a little crochet too and my saggy, baggy bag is almost finished. I definitely need to improve my technique and maybe I'll use a smaller hook in future. Still, it's been fun learning something new. I'm off now to make a cup of tea and go and sit in the sun and watch the children bounce and splash!