Sweetcorn Corner

Team Work
As iv said before I never really paid the sweetcorn much attention until I returned this time and can no longer overlook it. On our daily tour yesterday John noticed one of them had a shoot growning, so not long now until we have fresh sweetcorn. Im hoping the others will follow suit very soon as 2 ears of corn wont stretch very far between three people. I'll be keeping my eye on them now I know what im looking for. Corn corner was the focus of our attention yesterday, and all three of us helped with the weeding (John did the biggest weeds, I did middle sized weeds and the Blur picked off the tiny ones.)

Blur and Lotty
During the time Karla (the Blur) has spent in Lotty she seems to have picked up a few things. Watching River Cottage Springtime she was able to recognise alot of the veggies from their leaves alone, and as time goes by she is willing to try more of the veg that we have. I actually got her to eat spinach yesterday which is an achievment. It just goes to show the benefits of growing your own, if id taken her to the supermarket and asked her to try some she would have turned her nose up.

Sunflowers and Trees
Today I have decided its time to find the sunflowers a good spot and plant them out. Im hoping Karla will help, put a trowel in her hand and she's usually happy (especially when its to dig up potatoes.) We also thought it would be a nice idea to plant a tree together which we can watch grow while we grow (not in the adding children sense) as a family. Now all we need is to decide what kind of tree. Though we havnt come to a firm answer an olive tree is pretty high on the list.