Muddling Through Motherhood

I am seriously considering going on a soil association beginners gardening course. I’m finding trying to wade through books a but disheartening so I am hoping that something like this will help me get started ready for next year.
David has decided that this is fine and that I am going to be [...]

Lots of good reasons to do this – save money, expand my cooking repertoire, eat less fat (if I don’t go overboard on the cheese dishes). I’m going to keep to some staples (mushroom risotto, cauli cheese, lentil curry, bean chilli) and pull out some old favourites that haven’t been aired in a while [...]

Or ‘A bit of blackberry picking’
This afternoon, after Rowan’s epic nap and a hearty snack (he fell asleep before his lunch!) I decided the time was ripe (!) to go and investigate our local ‘fields’ and hedges for some blackberries, with Rowan in tow.
He got very excited when I suggested he might like to [...]

I’ve been reading a bit lately about peak oil and climate change and that sort of thing. This is because I’ve found that having Rowan has made me worry about the future, and because we have friends who have managed to effectively (and not deliberately) make me sit up and notice. I’m a bit [...]