harvest

although this relationship has been a rocky one, and although we didn't get to spend much time together, we didn't bond very well or hit it off immediately, i know it's going to be a long term relationship (between myself and my allotment that is).

we didn't get a lot of anything, but we did get a little bit of everything, Alhamdulillah.

:: this moment ::

the allotment...an update

anybody wondering why our allotment hasn't featured on this blog a lot more? well that is because.....unfortunately things have not gone to plan in that department!

these courgette plants that you see below, have mostly been blown away by severe spells of wind.

my herb garden is virtually non existence, why? well the lavender refuses to get off the ground.

and the rosemary has lost the will to live.

and the rest of the space has been hijacked by these....

i am quite disappointed, but it is partly my fault, i haven't been giving this space the time and attention that it needs, and it definitely hasn't been the classroom that i had anticipated.

what i'm doing now is trying to make the most of the few things that have survived (will get pictures of those next time).

hopefully next year will be different, insh'Allah.

currently getting my gardening tips from....

the books very good, it has tips and advise for a wide variety of vegetables, definitely necessary for amateur gardeners like myself. need all the help i can get.

our new classroom....our allotment

this is it, we have signed on the dotted line and for one year this piece of land is ours! what am i going to do with it? i hear you ask, well this piece of land is not just a 'piece of land' it is our classroom, our playground, where learning and playing merges to become one, where we learn about growing vegetables and flowers, where we learn about the plants life cycle, where we learn that some vegetables grow under the ground and others above it, where we learn that some vegetables climb up really tall, where we learn that herbs can be used for medicinal purposes, where we learn about pollination and photosynthesis......like i said, this piece of land is not just a 'piece of land' its our classroom!