A highlight of our week was the visit from Natalie with her two sons (Aaron and Jack), together with her mother, 'Nana'. They had a splendid afternoon with both boys getting really stuck in to a spot of weeding and harvesting and leaving with arms laden with produce.

We held some more of these sessions and yet again everyone has enjoyed their afternoon experience immensely! Lottie celebrated her second birthday here (a real honour for us) and Corin was treated to a slice of birthday cake which was wonderful.

" If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth,
man would only have four years to live” - Maurice Maeterlinck The Life of the Bee, Nobel Prize for Literature

We've seen a number of family and friend groups make use of the"Afternoons on the Acre" and it's been a delight to see the acre being used and enjoyed in a safe way.

We are officially in full swing! We've had a great start to "Afternoons on the Acre". Coral made a return to the acre with her culinary skills. The Men in Sheds created some beautiful vegetable trugs as well as enjoying a BBQ afternoon to celebrate their efforts.

At this time of year our diurnal lives are shared with many of our nocturnal friends and it's an ideal time to spot some of them as they wander out into the warm dusk evenings.

It's not only us humans who are trying to keep the children fed and entertained at the moment. Our birds have been busy raising their young and at times the acre sounds like a very busy kindergarten!

Over the last three weeks the acre has burst into a riot of colour as the meadow flowers began to open their tight buds, revealing a trove of extraordinary beauty.

The last couple of blogs have very much focused on the wildlife that I've been able to take time to observe during my stay in the cabin