Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Updates

SK was on leave for a week. The first few days were spent painting the garden fence with FIL. Myself, MIL and Tobey also helped.

The painted fence brightened up the garden alot.

Before:
This is the first pic we took of the garden
After:
Picture taken just a few hours ago

The vege patch has grown! We've been having fresh salad and lettuce straight from the garden. We literally walk out, select and pull. Really can't get any fresher than ;P
We've added another apple tree to the garden (So now we have cherries, pear, plum and apple trees) Plus two bushes of blueberries.
Tobey kept plucking them and popping them into his mouth, when we were not looking, even before it has a chance to ripen.He stopped doing it lately...maybe because they are still too sour to be eaten.

Hopefully by next season we won't have to buy much fruits from the supermarket anymore..hehehe(fingers crossed).

In terms of vege addition, this pumpkin plant has the spotlight at the moment. Its facinating how fast it crawls along the ground.
the yellow bit is it's first flower...I think it will eventually grow into a pumpkin

Flower wise, these are the newbies..my favourites!

Roses and Lilies

What else..oh

Several nights ago, Tobey "made" his own lemon drizzle muffins. Actually, it was a premixed from a box. We just needed to cracked an egg in, add water, stir, spoon into the casings given and bake. I let him cut the packaging, pour the flour mixture, cracked the egg, pour the water and stir. He really enjoyed himself very much. He kept asking me to carry him to look into the oven whilst they are rising in the oven.
concentrating and following instructions given to him...if only he obeys me so willingly at other times

so proud of his own creation. The muffins are placed not in neat rows simply because Tobey insisted the muffin casings to be placed that way.

That's all for now folks ;)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's a lovely choice of colour for the fence. *thumbs up* And congratulations on your planting success, I am also anticipating the growth of your pumpkin. Be sure to post pics of its progress, ya? This is sooooo exciting. The muffins look good! SL loves cooking too. I think it is a great activity for toddlers. Well done Tobey!

Tsu Lin + + said...

Oh look at Tobey's grin at his effort in baking. The muffins look yummy.

And i'm so envious of the vege & flower beds! Look at all your cabbages.... the amount of salad you can make & eat... and the freshest blueberries. Ahhhhh!

chip-pea said...

Siew: I know! I am very excited about the pumpkin!It's my first time seeing a pumpkin plant. Actually, it's my FIL that planted everything. But I do plan to try my best to continue after they've gone back to Malaysia.

Tsulin: Yeah lar, he couldn't wait to bite into them, so just gave me a quick proud grin for the pic, before reaching for one.

Roslyn said...

WOw Wow Wow! I'll love to grow sweetcorn. We'll be painting our garden fence the same colour too! But now, our garden is a sorry sight.

chip-pea said...

Roslyn, Sweetcorn is a great idea! Plus it also give some sort of 'Prairie' look to that part of the garden. Can't wait to see more pics of your lovely new home :)