How much gardening does a princess do?

Last autumn I had a three-year-old witch as my Head Gardener, who was brilliant at stirring buckets of leaves. Now I have a four-year-old princess who excels at wafting around with bouquets of clippings. And my Chief Digger is a very enthusiastic 21 month old.

We finally got around to clearing a space for our family apple tree. C held it 'straight' while R and I back filled with soil, leaf mould and well rotted poo. It was a lovely way to start our exciting gardening year.

We've been planting lots of seeds, clearing the dead leaves and weeds, and generally enjoying being out in the sunshine together. C has her own raised bed now, which she has already started planting with flowers and strawberries, and she's got plans for some sparkly crown plant tags, perhaps the subject of our next blog.

Happy spring everyone! It's nice to be back.