Well the seasons are passing quickly. maybe a little too quickly! I can't believe it is nearly September! Time for me to start sowing beans, peas, tomatoes, zucchini, rockmelons, pumpkins, cucumbers... The list goes on. We will all be busy seeding, watering, weeding, planting... Amber is particularly excited. She is a member of the Little Diggers Club, and received a packet of seeds in the mail. She will be planting peas in a couple of weeks and tending them as they grow. Now I just have to find some space in our little back garden among all the other vegies that need planting for the spring/summer growing season. But I guess that is the fun of back yard gardening! The lawn needs mowing but it is being ignored, as the weeds have tried to take over the onions and need to be removed. The turnips are ready to be picked and the tamarillos are slowly ripening. Waiting for the pepinos to ripen is driving us mad. They are the size of a rockmelon and still refusing to go yellow! I want to have a go at making pepino jam, I think it will make a very interesting condiment. The children are keeping their strawberry garden beds weed free, but it isn't the right time of year for fruit. Although they still check for fruit every day. They are kept busy every day checking for eggs (we have a chook who has a taste for egg), playing in the sand pit and dodging the rain. O what fun to be a child!