Royal AirForce trip last autumn

Last autumn we went to a local RAF (Royal Air Force) base for a home ed field trip. When we got there, we were pleasantly suprised to find that the RAF had supplied their own photographers to take promotional pictures! How exciting!!! :D Here are some of them: (see if you can spot our children...)

Whose are whose??

Anyone want to make a guess as to whose eye belongs to whom??

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Progress on the Plot

Well here is the progress we have made thus far on the allotment:



Little Miss and Mr Man are standing at the back corners of the plot & Little Man is standing on the compost heap we've made so far.

Here's a closer look

We've got mail!

The children received some seeds in the post - so I guess we will be planting those as well ;)

More seeds planted

I know its getting a bit late for sowing seeds.... but here we go. Tomatoes this time - and we made the pots too!

The Outtakes

For anyone wondering why the photoshoot is not that fab - this is what I have to work with! LOL LOL

{Junior - Look at the camera.. Look at mummy.. Over here over here.. Open your eyes this time.. No, don't walk away, sit still..} hehehe

We have the key!

We finally have the key to the allotments! So, we were able to go onto our plot for the first time today and look around. Here are a few pics:


Plot 81!


From the left front side of the plot, looking to the right and the back:



From the right front side of the plot, looking to the left and the back:




Standing at the back of the plot looking to the front:

3 Soldiers and a Princess

Easter Photoshoot

Easter Morning

Christ is Risen!

He is Risen indeed!!

Now who does Junior look like?!?

I think there is a strong resemblance - what do you think??? And who is the other picture of?

First Hair Cut!

Junior had his first haircut yesterday.

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Planning the Plot

I found a REALLY cool website which allows you to plan out your vegetable plot and design your vegetable garden. It lets you make as many garden plans as you like, and you can base your current year's plan on a previous years plan as well. If you do that, then it will tell you where *not* to plant your vegetables based on crop rotation. Very convenient! It is SO easy to use and user friendly. And it is FREE to use for 30 days... after that, if you decide you like it, you can continue using it for only £15/year. Very reasonably priced too!

Check it out for yourself!

GrowVeg

Here is our tentative plan for this years garden. I should say that this is not written in stone at all and very much subject to change and it is very optimistic. Considering how much work is needed to clear the lot, we likely won't be able to plant the entire garden this year. Take a look and if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know :D (click on it to make the picture bigger)

Hebrew Aleph Bet

For the last couple of months Big Mr has been teaching himself Hebrew... and in the process the children have learnt the Aleph Bet. Here are the children singing their aleph bet. You may have to turn up your sound as they are quite quiet.

Woohoo! We have an allotment!

We have been assigned allotment number "81" at our local allotment site :D We had a look at it today and it looks fairly level and seems to be in a sunny location :D All the brambles have been removed and the lawn has been mowed down... so now we just have to dig up the turf and start planting :D We have some final paperwork to do next week, so hopefully we can get started then.

Our allotment size is approx 25'x 60' or approx 7m x 18m or approx 5poles! :D