Just two weeks ago I sowed about 8,000 onion, shallot and garlic seeds. Just look at the onions now! We spent this morning at Community Roots transplanting baby onions into their own little cells.
I love how the raindrops have collected on one of our Iris Reticulata flowers.
I came across a delightful froggy ornament in one of the allotment plots today.
Another very productive and happy day spent at Community Roots,
My job, making signs for the crops of salad leaves
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I spend much of my days at the moment rushing from the back of the house to the front as sunshine breaks through the showers and promises a rainbow. The one I caught this morning was lovely.
You may remember a couple of weeks ago when I showed you the poly tunnels just planted up with the plug plants. See how they’ve grown!
After working today, we went to the nearest beach at Porthtowan just to see and hear the sea. It is always uplifting to do just that. It was very pleasing to see the Erigeron in flower.
Erigeron Sea Breeze Pink at Porthtowan
Poster by Imogen Street-Rees
Brilliant, heart-warming and positive day today! It has been a day of Harvest celebration with lots of happy people, lots of delicious cakes, wonderful music and lots of laughter, a real uplifting day to be a part of.
Enjoy our gallery of the event.
Leo enjoying the music of Jaclarabag
Last week we were in Penzance for the Lit Fest and spotted the following plaque noting the marriage of Dylan Thomas, my favourite poet, to Caitlin on this day in 1937 in this lovely house in Penzance.
Plaque to Dylan Thomas and Caitlin who were married here in 1937
Another very pleasing day at Roots. My first two hours were spent at home again making another veg bag and then I joined the lovely Mr S and the other volunteers. I pricked out a tray of Romanesco cauliflower babies the seeds of which I planted only a week ago. My second tray was of swedes which I had not known until last week are also of the brassica family. The growth every week is remarkable. Click on any photo for a larger view and the caption.
We love Day Lilies.
Day Lily
A cloudy day today so it has been perfect for spending the day sewing. I’ve made two more veggie bags for Roots and made a small modification which I’m very pleased with. The really bright fabric on the left hand side is fabric from Senegal and I love it. . 
The lovely Mr S has been working on replacing our bird feeder station which had rusted away. He called me to see his new magnetic spirit level in action.
Our Crinodendron, otherwise known as Lantern Tree, is magnificent this year. The wind has blown lots of blooms down so I thought you should have a photo while it is still lovely. One of my blogging friends, Hey Jude, posted a fascinating piece about her tree which I have saved for today to share with you. Do visit. Her photos are brilliant.
I did all my volunteering at home last week and for another hour today, sewing two more of the bags that Roots uses rather than bags for the weekly veggie deliveries. 
When I arrived today, I was amazed at the growth of the vegetables (and the flowers) since I was last there. My job today was sowing two trays of Spring Onions. Enjoy the gallery.
A bunch of flowers for you today, brought home by the lovely Mr S after his volunteering morning at Community Roots. He also brought home lots of wonderful just-picked salad leaves. 
After my writing workshop this morning, I called in at Community Roots to say hello and was amazed at the progress made – seedlings up, new herb garden prepped and some wonderful hanging trays for seedlings to keep them off the workbench.
A photo was taken of the happy gang of volunteers after lunch of a wonderful soup made of vegetable harvested this morning. You can see the new herb beds behind the people on both sides.
Thanks to Matty for the photo
I love this quotation from Hans Christian Andersen and, of course, the wonderful E H Shephard drawing.
A lovely collection of fresh and tasty mixed salad leaves came home from Community Roots yesterday and we had them for lunch.
The sun shone today and we went for a walk in the woodland at a local garden centre in hopes that the Magnolias might be in flower. The buds are almost ready. There were lots of Snowdrops, Daffodils, Primroses, Camellias and Azaleas so there was plenty of Spring colour to enjoy.
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