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WELLIES WITH THE WOW FACTOR!

Further to the March edition of Kitchen Garden (Grow With Belle), my two-year-old daughter Enya and I have completed the wellie planter activity together.

We began by washing my old wellies, then Enya painted them both. We needed to wait for a few days for the wellies to dry, and then we put a few stones at the bottom of each, filled them up with organic compost, and planted two foxgloves.

We’ll probably move the foxgloves to elsewhere in the garden and grow some carrots in the wellies

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