And my take on the day...

My highlights of the day:

* A rather excellent picnic, which I tucked into not that long after arriving (I'd pulled up about 3 weeds) and finished just before we left, as the biscuits had melted so I thought it was only fair to put them out of their gooey misery.

* Finding lashings of salad, including spinach so big it looks genetically modified.

* Getting all the weeding done, and leaving the plot looking like something from Tatton Flower Show.

* Playing with the rather excellent sprayer, but managing not to spray anyone with any chemicals.

* Being mature enough to resist Si's attempts at starting a water fight (or, realising that he had the hose pipe so I would never win).

* Being overrun with ladybirds, which I duly ferried to the greenhouse, where they will be most productive.

* Si's regular battle with the green beans to get them to grow up the relevant canes. Despite a lot of (one-sided) arguing, the beans won. Again.

* Finding lots of mushrooms, which have for some reason started springing up. We weren't sure if they were edible, poisonous or magic, so we cooked them for tea to find out. We still aren't sure, but the pink unicorn who joined us for dinner said they were the best he'd ever tasted.

* The weather, which was gorgeous! Again!

B xxx