HALF TERM!!!

[redimp]

Better get on with some lottying while I have the chance - loads of things on shed roof just itching to get in the ground so  a lot of digging to be done and canes to get up - first time so that will probably be fun!!

Can't go up tomorrow though  ;D

[redimp]

[Meg]

Counting the last few minutes. How lucky can you be when we have all that tolook forward to. Amgoing ti find the lost gardens and Eden project too!!!!!!!

[gunnerbee]

Well i think its great to get the kids involved in the garden, My 10 year old is on the gardening commitee and the eco commitee at school, She loves it and always helps out.

[dibberxxx]

i agree with u GB i have 4 kids 3 girls and a boy but only the girls like helping in the garden the lad is allways to busy on the PC , its good for the kids and gets them interested at a young age in gardening, have to educate our future gardeners well  :) :) :) :) :)

[wardy]

mhunter    just a short hop over the water to the Scilly Isles and more lovely gardens.  Lucky you - I shall get there one day too.

[redimp]

My four year old loves it up at the allotment and has a small area of weeds of her own.  My older two are less enthusiastic but I am hoping this will change when the weather improves and we start to eat things we have grown.

As you can probable guess I am an enthusiatic gardening teacher and the children get to here (sorry - hear, my lack of ability with homonyms has just been pointed out by partner person) about my exploits.  I also teach in the country and live in the city and as I am teaching 'studying a contrasting area' in Geography I am planning on taking my class to my lottie as big allotments are an urban thing.  Must remember my tools  ;D

[clairenpaul]

Thats a great idea Redclanger it'll be an eye opener for them. I'm hoping that some kids from a local primary school which is in a very deprived area may come to our lottie - the head teacher said that some of the kids didn't know that veggies grew, they thought they just came out of a tin or the freezer!! One of the little ones was amazed to find that eggs came from chickens...

My son is 15 and we've had to bribe him to come and help with digging but he seems to be taking an interest now the weather is improving and things are growing - may make a gardener of him yet  :)

[wardy]

A little girl was saying the other day that she's going to grow some ham  and pineapple pizza.  She is only four though  :)

[Mrs Ava]

 ;D Wardy.  My step daughter used to believe spuds only came from my allotment and tescos!

Hoorah for half term!  Going to spend a week having fun with the sproggles, and they have both agreed that they would like to come up to the plot with me to help pick the broad beans and the onions - have to get them out really, I noticed today the white rot is in and I oiked out a dozen infected yed ones.  :'(

Number one son is much more into planting than daughter - she is more into picking and scoffing!  ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

At last! It's been seven weeks, and it's felt like forever. Teaching hasn't really entered the equation today, just stopping them trashing my classroom has been as much as I could do. I was pleased with my classfirst lesson though; they're a very low ability, rather disorderly bunch or Year 8's, and as i had to start the RE GCSE paper, they ended up being left alone for a couple of minutes while the teacher who was covering came down to relieve me in the exam room. They were brilliant; I got up there, it was quiet, and only one was out of his seat. At last, a rest!

[Doris_Pinks]

Ahh but us parents have GCSE students to NAG! ;D 
I love it when the girls are off school, we are so much more laid back, bar-be-ques, star gazing, watching the bats flit around as we sit outside in the evenings...................... even managed to get my 13 year old up the plot weeding last hols!
please let the weather be kind!

[wardy]

My nieces love the lotty.  I think they feel as relaxed there as we do.  We are usually joined by two other very young children who love the lotty too. Thank goodness there are kids who can still enjoy simple pleasures.   :)

[clairenpaul]

thats very true - much better for them than the TV or computer games. I love to see my boy out on the lottie with his mates. One of the lads has been asking about getting a plot so I'm hoping that they may decide to have a lottie of their own. The next plot to us is rented by two teenage lads so it may become the next trend in our area  ;D

[campanula]

 my two oldest children each have a plot on my site - (they are 26 and 21) and the youngest (17) helps me (but usually requires financial bribery - i don't mind, the infection is settling in nicely - i knew i was winning when several of my cacti disappeared upstairs to youngest's room to join his own budding collection - only a matter of time before he too is admiring the tomatoes and sweetcorn.