Strawberry Queen

We are well into the strawberry season now and we've been eating them day and night, this is the third year I've had my allotment and I've been bringing back a whole carrier bag everynight - I even dream I'm picking them in my sleep !!

So far we've picked 56 punnets of strawberries since may the 29th, yes I have been measuring every load I bring back ( sad I know ) - just to prove to my husband that the allotment is'nt just an expensive hobby , espec. since I bought the poly. Anyway there's lots more to come, the freezers already starting to fill up and all the cream that goes with them is'nt helping  my running so I've just bought a food dehydrater - can't wait to play!

More pretty pictures of my strawberry / fairy kitchen

Even Fudge has started eating them

I just love the new colour of my workshop, yellow is such a happy sunny colour, something we don't get too much of up here in Cumbria

Last week ws a busy week for dinosaurs, this week for some reason it's rockets

Allotment time

What a difference a few weeks make, compare these pics to the ones further down this page!

Everything is just romping away

Time to get the nets out, my least favourite job, trying to unravel them in the wind takes a long time !

I've got so much to net , 3 stawberry beds, about 50 raspberry plants, 7 blueberry bushes, redcurrant and blackcurrant bushes, cherry trees and of course all the brassica's

I've managed to sqeeze onions in every spare bit of space , this year I am determined not to buy a single onion, we only ran out of last years crop in march

Lots of apples on my 3 apple trees, My 2 plum trees are also covered in plums but only 2 of my 5 cherry trees are producing lots of cherries? lots of patience is needed when growing fruit

All the sweetcorns in - about 100 this year, all grown myself from seed, shallots and garlic are nearly ready, wont be buying any this year

Strawberry bed 1 , I now have 3 ,one for every  year, I'm picking about 5 punnets everyday at the moment so we're all putting on weight with all the cream that goes with them

My big dilema is do I dig this bed up now as its 3 years old now, I dont think I can make myself do it as it producing so much fruit?

The poly is still standing, we've had a few gales since we put it up, one with 80mph gusts and it did'nt even flinch, its full of tomatoes 12, peppers 11,cucumbers 4, courgettes,melons,kiwi , I wish I'd got a bigger one now as it's jam packed full, I'll put lots more pics on next weekend - things are moving so fast I cant pick fast enough !!

Summer Holidays

Well, Summers nearly here, time for visits to the seaside, paddling in the sea and scoffing icecream.

Here are a few of my seaside nautical pieces that I hope will bring happy memories of childhood holidays.

Now for scoffing lots of strawberries and icecream

Toadstools Everywhere

I love all the toadstool designs everyone is producing at the moment so I'm jumping on the wagon with new and updated mirrors and clocks that include these magical little fungi

Hope you like them x

Fairy Wish Mirror £44  now on Etsy and Not On The High Street

Fairy Rectangle Mirror £39

Fairy Toadstool Clock £34

My New Polytunnel

I'm so excited, my polytunnel is nearly finished, good thing as well as I have tonnes of seedlings sprouting in the kitchen. I thought building a polytunnel would be quite easy but there was a lot of knocking wood together so it's taken a couple of weeks ( thanks to my OH ) and pulling the plastic tight so so hard, I now marvel at other peoples poly's and how tight their plastic is ( sad I know )

My OH busy building - helped by Fudge as always

Everything is just starting to wake up, cant wait to see a bit more green and colour it all looks so drab at the moment. I'll keep you posted next week, hopefully my poly will be all done x

My New Logo

Since getting my new laptop last year I've lost my (very) old coral program with which I designed all my brochures and logos and I just dont have time to learn a new program. So I decided to get someone else to design a new logo for me, a new pair of eyes with fresh ideas is always a good thing. Then I found http://www.artworkbyangie.com/ on facebook ,loved her use of colours so she has designed my new logo.

I'e also been a busy bee again - meet my new kitchen companions

These bad boys can be found on my folksy shop  http://www.folksy.com/shops/cupcakecastles

LOTS OF NEW THINGS

Well , it's been a few weeks since I last blogged thats because I've been busy designing lots of new pieces, so here they are -

Now for some new wall hangings/ plaques -

These are most of them, more to come, hopefully this week I'll get round to actually designing some horsey pieces and some more mirrors.

NO MORE RAIN !!!!

I know I live in deepest darkest Cumbria and there would be no Lakes if it did'nt rain so much but come on now!, 2 weeks ?

I am not a happy bunny , my polytunnel is piled up in my workshop/shed so I cant get in, and my allotment is similar to walking through treacle toffee, not to mention my wellies - which I havent taken off since October have sprung a leak.

I found these little knitted lovelies on the internet years ago, cant find them now but arent they so cute

eat me

cuddle me

tidy me !

post me

buy me   x