And we’re back…

So it took a little longer than I thought to get back into the swing of working, gardening and blogging while looking after a newborn. I certainly appreciate how much easier gardening is when not heavily pregnant. However there’s now a little person who needs as much attention as the weeds and seedings do and blogging on top of all of that can seem a little too much work. So I’m aiming for short and sweet blog posts but as regular as possible.

Because we have so much on our plates I’m very pleased that we have our spring planting mostly in and a plan for the summer months. For now, a few pictures of the garden beds today:

Virtual farmers market

This popped up on a search for local produce the other day…. a virtual farmers market.

It offers a selection of local produce sourced through the Loudoun County area and  you can collect your order from various shops and pick-up points around the area.

There seems to be a good selection of produce available from daily to meat to vegetable. There are even skin care products and household goods on offer. The downside for me is the $25 membership fee to shop. So, yes it might be more convenient than trying to track down all the individual producers yourself but if you turn up to a real life farmer’s market you are not charged $25 before you buy something.

On the other hand any site which supports local producers is a good thing as far as I am concerned and the fee may well be worth it to keep a resource like this going.

It’s been a while…

So the site has been a little neglected recently (okay for quite a while). The reason? We have been working on a slightly different growing project.

Meet Georgianna Elizabeth….born 12th June at 8lbs 30z.

So priorities have shifted a little but we are still committed to our vegetable garden and I am ready to start working on this blog again too.