Garden (again), and proud nanna moment

 I've been trying to make the most of the sunshine, the seeds I sowed are coming on a treat, and It'll be time to start some more in a couple weeks.  I want to stagger them this year as I got a bit overwhelmed with so many last year.

We got our free spring seeds for the allotment this weekend, I think there are more seeds that I will plant this year, I've never tried chard though, not sure It would be something I'd eat, and I don't know if I'll bother with peas again, but other than that I think there is a great selection

I've tidied the two small raised beds in my garden, topped up the soil and put netting over one in readiness.  I'll be planting all the salad stuff at home this year, It'll be easier to pick as I need it.

Out of the three raspberries I planted last year only one survived, but I'm happy to see that there are more shoots appearing this year.

I'll plant my salad stuff in this one.

The grass still hasn't been cut, the top of the garden where these beds are is still a bit spongy and will probably need re-seeding again.  The other lawn has faired better but I'll still hold off cutting for now.

Other things are coming to life, the hostas are growing rapidly

The camellia is full of flowers

We also have a couple of forsythia doing well and the peris is just about to flower.

Inside, my amaryllis has all four of it's flowers open.  

This was one I bought after Christmas to replace the one Stevie bought me which didn't grow.  The one she got me was one of the more expensive ones, this is a cheap one from B&M.

Both Bonnie and Jacob completed swimming badges last week.  

Jacob achieved his 25 metres certificate, he also got star of the week at school, so a good week for him

Bonnie had to swim as many meters as possible and did absolutely amazing.  She completed 600 metres, that's 24 lengths of the pool, and she did it in 27 minutes.

The swimming instructor had already told Joanne that she could be a competitive swimmer.

So proud of them both ❤️

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