Tea leaves in the garden

 Last night i finished the second sleeve of my tea leaves cardigan and I have been happily wearing it although it still does need a button band. I love it and the fit turned out perfectly.

I have a feeling ill be wearing it a lot! Today has been such a good day in fact the whole week has been rather bliss full. The weather is making me think its spring already when we still have a month left of winter.

I don't mind at all as spring is my very favourite season!

With these warm days I've hardly been able to keep out of the garden.
 I cant get enough of just wondering, dreaming and taking it all in
 Ive been planting a few lots of seeds almost daily and now I'm starting to have lots of pretty green shoots popping up.

When I first started my garden I put in some seedling for a little instant gratification.
They have been growing so quickly that were already harvesting our first bits of lettuce and parsley.

There was already some nettles growing as weeds, Benny's dad offered to spray them with weed killer but of course i declined his kind offer.
Id never tried nettles before and got a bit worried after having a few painful stings.
I did try cooking them and just as Id read was the case the stings disappeared once they were cooked and they were yummy!

Every day I'm thankful for our new house and garden. Its been difficult moving in here so early without much notice but now that all the challenges are almost at an end I can appreciate how worth it it all is.

The photo above shows my veggie patch currently and although it still doesn't look like much, every time I look at it I see how it will soon be. I picture all the little newly sprouted seeds as full grown plants, I see flowers and bees buzzing around them. There is so much potential and so much to look forward to.

I cant wait to look back at these early photos each month as the garden gets lusher and more established. I'm already proud of all the 'work' I've put into it already. Its funny that I smile at the thought of gardening being work when I enjoy it so much. I feel the same about looking after the day care children most of the time ( although now and then we have a difficult day where no one can get along and  I most definitely remember what I'm being paid for:)