crafting on and burried treasure

 I made a chicken inspired by this one. Shes made of a felted wool sweater with wool felt for the beak and comb. I stuffed her with more of the wool I washed and carded.

 I'm planning on letting our little silky hen sit on some eggs in the autumn or spring. I made this so that while we wait for her eggs to hatch we can role play the hen sitting on her eggs and then how she looks after her chicks. I haven't stitched any chicks yet but these little wooden chickens I made a while back are doing the job for now

 I've also painted this little bookshelf a nice sky blue. It was getting so grubby and the paint job wasn't so well done in the first place so now it is fresh and pretty again

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today I decided it was time to dig up some of our potatoes. I've not gotten big potatoes before when I've dug them up as soon as the stalks started to die off so this time I left them a bit longer. As you can see there are no visible stalks at all, they were completely rotted away. We got the largest potatoes yet!

 I find it fun digging up potatoes because you dont know where they are, how many, size etc. Its exciting to pull up a big one, like burried treasure! Its always fun for little children too

 we dug and dug and found potatoes of all shapes and sizes

 The chickens even got some tasty treats from down in the good brown earth too. Were finding lots of lady birds, grubs and slater bugs at the moment, this is a home we made for them. The children watch them intently, learn to handle them gently and then carefully put the small friends back in their original spot so that they can find their family without getting lost or confused:)

 Stomp stomp stomp in the freshly loosened soft earth

 Wash wash wash in the laundry tub

Yesterday I made my first basil pesto for the summer!!! My favorite! I picked the little bushes bare and now I not-so-patiently wait for shoots of new growth and leaves