Long time no blog...

I was trying to add something to this blog at least once a month, not because I was worried about my precious readership (Hi Dad) but more so that I can look back and feel better about where we started from and how much we've got done. The last little while i've failed to write anything for a mixture of reasons.

The weather has a large part to play. This part of the UK has been terrible of late, plenty of time for writing blogs but not much time for making progress in the garden. Even the BBC have been reporting on the terrible growing season with deluges of rain and slug infestations. We actually have slugs the size of dogs running around our little veggie plot. So this has dampened my mood for writing updates. Selling veg this season has been put aside and we're just opting for providing our own supply of veg if nature will allow us.

The other issue to make me lose enthusiasm for writing has been the task of obtaining planning permission to do the work we want to do in the field. In my last post I mentioned that we were putting up a poly tunnel, well that didn't happen for fear of upsetting our neighbour. Anyway the neighbour has since given us a nod of approval and planning permission has been approved by the council so when the weather gets better we could be all systems go. The work in the garden will be co-ordinated around work we plan to do with hard landscaping around the house and rebuilding our garage.

The third distraction and the most important one is the arrival of our baby boy. He answers to Jake, likes milk and nappies and tends to wee on walls, other people and pretty much anything within a 3ft radius of his winky. His Mum and Dad think he is adorable, hopefully those thoughts will last for at least 30 years.

Jake looking sweet and innocent.