Last July I blogged about my back garden and our attempts at making our rocky patch of garden into a nice family garden. You can find the before picture here. Unfortunately, the after pictures are not much better yet!The grass that we grew is all patchy and a bit bumpy and we still don't have a fence at the back, although we do have one at each side now.The border area that I set aside for growing vegetables is all overgrown and I still haven't got around to planting anything yet.Also because it's winter, my bins and recycling boxes are right in front of my patio doors - … [Read more...]
How to be an Organised Mum….
To the 6 people who have found this blog after searching for a 'diary in the shape of a tree' - Sorry, I have no clue why ended up here either! However, if you've found me by searching for the term 'organised mum' then this post may be the one for you. I've decided to dedicate a whole post to sharing as many tips on how to be an organised mum that I can (I aim to please after all ;-))I should be honest before I start though, I'm not one of those perfectly organised people who has everything under control all the time but Google seem to diagree judging by the numbers of visitors they … [Read more...]
Nice and Spicy….
Following my spice trauma recently and my resolution to expand my culinary repotoire (now there's a big word) I have sorted out my herbs and spices. They are all labelled (using Tippex and a paintbrush) and lined up on the kitchen windowsill until I find somewhere better for them.I am determined to learn how to cook with these spices so I am going to cook a different recipe every week using them. So far I have used oregano by sprinkling it on the Homemade pizza for Master Frugal's tea yesterday. I added thyme, oregano and chilli to the Jambalaya last night and cinnamon in the choccy cinnamon … [Read more...]
