But in the last couple of days of the long holiday I did manage to finish the steps and get the raised beds in situ.
I made it level using the soil dug out from behind the steps, and the bargain basement laser level from screwfix ;)
We have also eaten some of Tamsin's multi-coloured carrots. Poor crop this year though. I think there were only two, so they had to go a long way.
This weekend we got a fair bit done too around managing the kids and catching up with sleep. It is not often you get "before and after" in the same shot, but I managed it in this one. Finally I got round to clipping the front hedge.
And the finished article:
The best things in the vegetable garden are the carrots and the squash. Elizabeth was practising her photography skills with these today.