Windmill Hill City Farm

Eve and I have been loving exploring our new area.  It was such a beautiful morning yesterday that even though I had not had much sleep (Eve = teething pain, cold/cough, bad dreams) I took Eve out in the pram and wandered down through Victoria Park to Asda to get a few baby supplies.

I'm just loving living south-side, there's so much to do over here. I walked past Windmill Hill City Farm on the way to the supermarket. I have always wanted to go there so I thought I would stop off on my way home.  Eve was asleep when I arrived so I walked into the allotment garden and sat down on a lovely carved bench and had a chat to my sister who is 2 weeks away from the due date of her first baby.

Next to the table was a high chair so it seemed like the perfect place for lunch. Recently I've been concentrating on giving Eve her lunch at home so that she has space and time to play with the food, so it was really nice to eat outside on this occasion.  Thankfully I had the sling with me so I put Eve in it and we ambled round the gardens and past the various animals. The calves seemed to be her favourite.

Eating a biscuit whilst being carried about in the sling

It's such a great city farm. I have spent so much time around St Werburgh's City Farm on the other side of town, which is really nice but in my opinion Windmill Hill's is even better. Possibly due to more volunteers; it seems that much more love, care and time have gone into this one.

I enjoyed walking around the allotments the most, there were many inventive ideas, and some beautiful trees. Eve was excited looking around, as you can see from her legs kicking about wildly...

Windmill Hill City Farm aims to improve the lives of local people through its services and facilities. It runs activities for people with health and social care needs, gives opportunities for personal development through courses and volunteering and hosts other organisations with similar aims and services. It also offers great activities for children and groups.

http://www.windmillhillcityfarm.org.uk/

For the first time in a while Eve slept through the night from 11pm to 6.15am such a welcome treat for my tired brain. Her cold seems to be going which is good. However, even though we've made a cordoned off section of the lounge with the play-pen we spend a lot of time checking that she's not pulling the Playstation, Sky box or stereo out of the tv unit. She is desperate to pull them out and investigate!