a gardening day

It was supposed to be a family gardening day, so BB v helpfully went out and watered the greenhouse by herself. She applied some water fairly liberally to some little seedlings… however, she was helpful and proud that she had been and i was thankful and proud . Opening the greenhouse tho, it was v v sweltering, and neither girl could be enticed to pot up! We let the rabs out [as once i have planted things out on weds, am not certain when we can let them run free before rabbit protection up!] and they mostly flaked in the shade too.

So garden jobs – DH had rotovated land and now put bed 1 in, and has made the frames for 2-4 so will hopefully soon follow. I potted on pretty much everything that needed it, and made some more sowings. which took me to late lunchtime. In the interim, SB started, read and finished ballet shoes, and then did some origami, and BB bounced, played imaginative games with stretchy-man and patiently waited to do a science kit with me.

After lunch we did the science kit. I bought it years ago from ebay, and the seller had been really horrible, so i put it away in a cupboard! However, it is a rocket kit from DK, and despite being a bit fiddly it was rather fab – and worked!! BB did the simplest rocket with SB doing a far more complicated one with a glider. I think BB had hoped that they would actually go into orbit though… A lot of rocket popping ensued however, and much fun . Girls then retired to watch the clangers whilst we got the rabbits in and closed up the greenhouse.