Down on the Allotment

[Black Pearl]

Had an hour or two down the allotment yesterday with the boys.

 

They dug some holes, listened to their radio and got messy....they're boys at the end of the day - while the wife and I sorted the greenhouse, put our spuds in and weeded a few of the beds ready for planting out next month.

 

A few Instagram shots from the iPhone:

 

 

[FUJI]

Thanks! BP.................Your family posts always cheer me up...............you and your little family seem to have things just right..............your lads are very lucky.

 

With all your techie enthusiasm, it could easily be that they spend all their time clicking away on various devices.....but no..............its muddy holes, beaches, allotments, bug hunting, metal detecting, scruffy dog and an old radio for them.........a proper childhood.

 

You should all receive a ....FAMILY OF THE YEAR AWARD...........

 

You have!

 

From me :-)    

 

 

FUJI

[Leon]

cool..

 

I was on a waiting list for years for an allotment, when one finally came up it was in the worst place so I said no....

[Black Pearl]

We were on the waiting list for about five years and while the plot we have isn't perfect it is two minutes walk from the house and sort of on the school run so the boys can pop in on the way home at night to pick their tea. During the summer they walked home, ate peas straight off the plants, grabbed a handful of carrots and had them an hour later at home.

Have to say we're lucky for that.

[Korky]

I love number 1 - very atmospheric and the presentation is super.

 

Korky

[bugmeister]

Love the idea of the kids being able (and wanting) to pop in on the way home from school to gather stuff for tea. Can't get any fresher than that!

[annie]

Love the pics of what you and the boys do.

 

Those two lads are lucky, a lot of parents seem far to happy these days to stick their kids in front of the latest games machines instead of interacting with them like you and your wife. 

[Kobione]

Nice selection there, BP. It's great that you and the family enjoy the use of the allotment.

 

Our tomatoes are coming to an end for this year, but we have potatoes and Zucchini still coming on. Guess we have to be a bit more selective because of water usage. 

[Black Pearl]

They're good boys most of the time.

My grandad had an allotment and I helped him out every Sunday morning. I enjoyed it, learned how to grow veg, learned something about food, I was outdoors getting healthy and it must have done me good so I'm hoping the same will rub off on my two.

[ChrisLumix]

I remember my dad paying me and my sister 6d an hour each to work on the family allotment. When I'd got the 10/- (50p) I was saving for, I stopped, of course!

[NannyFerret]

Lovely!