Life: April 2020

So, like most people, I have been at home since mid March, and my eldest son is also back from uni riding this pandemic out at home. And we are back being a family of four adults!

Gardening

Luckily, I managed to visit the garden centre just before lockdown and purchase a mini greenhouse, some seeds and some mini cabbage plants. A couple of weeks (and a few online purchases) later, we have a second much larger raised vegetable bed.

So I’m currently growing:

• Peas
• Dwarf beans
• French beans
• Parsnip
• Cabbages
• Swiss chard
• Carrots
• Patty pan squash
• Courgette
• Tomatoes
• Purple sprouting broccoli
• Potatoes
• Strawberries
• Blueberries
• Assorted herbs
• Chilli
• Cucumber
• Salad leaves

...and I’m learning as I go. I’ve wanted to do this for a long time but the current situation has given me the push to do it. I am finding it quite frustrating growing from seed as I am used to buying plug plants, but ultimately I am sure it will be rewarding (and a fraction of the price).

Family

My husband and I celebrated our Silver Wedding Anniversary in early April, not by having a weekend away as planned, but by having a takeaway with the boys and playing a family board game. Not quite as expected, but it was actually a really nice day.

As a family we are trying to go out for a walk at least a couple of days a week and we are lucky that there is countryside just a short walk away. Now the guidance is clearer (that we can drive for a walk, as long as the walk is longer than the drive), we are doing one walk a week a short drive away. Frustrations can build during lockdown life, but walking seems to be one of the ways in which the boys will open up and talk to us. 

Sewing

I am not gaining any time. I am lucky enough not to be furloughed, but that does mean I am working from home. So, I don’t have lots of time for sewing, although I have used the Craft Passions pattern to make a couple of face masks. I am also making another of Sew Different’s Two Hour Tops.

Keep safe (and your distance 😉)!

Love Mrs Jones x