Post Comment Love & Newbie Showcase 12-14 August 2016

Hello and welcome to another week's Post Comment Love, or #PoCoLo, it's great to see you again and both Morgan and I are looking forward to see what posts you have in store for us this week. I'm still reading last week's posts and all the time I thought I'd have while I'm in-between jobs has disappeared, I'm not sure where.

MOH has had some time off this week too and we've spent a couple of days filling the skip which arrived Tuesday. Yesterday and today, and most probably tomorrow will all be about filling the skip with earth. And carrying it in trugs through the house. Yesterday there were twenty eight trugs worth, which doesn't sound too much. Until you're carrying them, that is. 

And because we're cutting the circles in our grass for real, there's been a string to get the shapes right rather than freestyling it as before. We're getting there, but it's hard work - and that's part of the reason I've been quieter this week.  All that physical work is making me ready for my bed at the end of the day!

Newbie Showcase: Claire from Now my Name is Mummy


I'm Claire - wife, new mother, worrier & avocado lover. I’m a 28 year old first time Mum to my beautiful baby boy who was born in January 2016.  I started blogging at Now my Name is Mummy, because time is passing so quickly, Henry is changing everyday, learning new skills, developing his cheeky little personality and generally amazing me.

Claire from Now my Name is Mummy

Writing helps me reflect on the sometimes chaotic days we spend together and I hope he will enjoy looking back on it when he’s older and for us to remember our first years together.

The blogging community is lovely, so supportive and welcoming and I really hope people enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing. 

Here's my favourite posts:

Connect with Claire here:

Blog  -  Facebook  -  Instagram  -  Twitter  -  Bloglovin'

Post Comment Love 5-7 August 2016

Hello there and welcome back to Post Comment Love, a friendly linky where you can link any post you've published in the past week. I have six days off in between jobs and lots of plans for that time. Today I've got some time for pottering and shopping, the weekend we'll be getting ready for the circle work in the garden. Monday I'm heading into the City for a couple of lunches with friends and Tuesday the skip arrives. For the rest of the week our focus will be making sure the skip is full of earth and other stuff before it's due to be collected and before other people get the idea of using it for their junk!  

And in all of that we've got to make some repairs to the one of the old compost bins on the allotment as the back fell off and is now blocking the path. When the back fell off most of the earth fell out too, and it was picked up on the plot inspection so it's something we have to get sorted. Our make-do storage bench is almost falling apart too so that needs some TLC, some glue and some bolts!

We've had some successes on the plot though. We're currently picking raspberries, runner beans and chard. I've dug up a lot of potatoes and there's more to come, and I'm keenly watching some courgettes develop. There's tomatoes on the way too and my cucumbers in the greenhouse are tiny, but I do have some cucumbers.

On the plot one evening our plot neighbour appeared clutching three small cucumbers, which she thrust into my hand saying they were for me, well eventually I worked out that's what she meant. I'm not sure what we've done to deserve them - they're similar to the ones in the picture below - and I'm equally unsure how she's managed to grow them to the size they are already, and outside too, but I'm going to enjoy eating them!

Image from Unsplash

Image from Unsplash

Newbie Showcase: Lucy from Lucy at Home

Lucy first clicked publish on her blog, Lucy at Home, three months ago and now she's hooked. She's a stay at home mummy to two little girls and on her blog she shares honest and positive parenting posts.

She's in the blogging world to make friends so do pop over and say hi! Lucy would love to connect with you on twitter or she says to feel free to drop her an email, and of course to pop over to Morgan's blog to see which posts Lucy has chosen as her favourite posts.

Remember if your blog is under a year old and you'd like to feature please get in touch!

Post Comment Love 29-31 July 2016

Hello and welcome to another #PoCoLo and another Friday - yay! Welcome back if you've been here before and hello if it's your first time linking. I'm loving the variety of posts you link up each week and while I'm a bit behind on my reading - it's that nice weather again - I fully intend to get around to all of you, and catch up on myself.

I'm trying not to beat myself up too much about it - and hope you don't beat me up either - but when the weather is warm and the days are long, routine seems to fall by the wayside a bit. As usual I've been cramming in as much as I can and my posts this week have been inspired by a visit to Norfolk last weekend, it's been far too long since I was last there! 

My photo this week has links to Norfolk, but is of my dresser at home. I cut the lavender from the allotment earlier in the week and have hung it there to dry and to enjoy its scent. I'm quite proud of my little bit of lavender, I took the cuttings and nurtured them along to this.  And those cuttings came from a plant dad gave me - the Norfolk connection!

Newbie Showcase: Jade from The Parenting Jungle

I am Jade, creator of the The Parenting Jungle, a (somehow) multi-award nominated parent blogger (nanny??!), cake eater and Mummy to a five year old son, who is three foot of superhero-shaped excitement.

I trained in Primary education and Social work. Sadly neither of these courses educated me on how to get my own child to sleep, or eat anything but spaghetti hoops. I was a single parent until a few months ago. I am not sure what is more difficult, raising a child solo or trying to maintain a successful adult relationship when you have given up shaving your legs. I like loose routines, outdoor playing, positive reinforcement, dragon breathing (when you are cross & want to curse) and eating your kid’s leftovers.

The Parenting Jungle

I post about all things parent-hood. My blog is a colourful mishmash of photographs, personal experiences and heartfelt posts from the times where I wished I had another parent to hit me on the face with a soggy nappy and say, ‘you can get through this, it's ok if you are wearing yesterday’s pants’.  I try to always include tips and offer support to dispel that lingering grey feeling that we are not good enough as parents. When I give advice, I know that I am a novice and every parent is different. Diversity is good; look how successful skittles are. I also post family friendly recipes, have a Storytime vlog, lifestyle posts, offer product reviews, feature child friendly days out in the South West and whatever else tickles my mummy fancy. 

Five of my/my blogger buddies favourite Jungle posts are: 

  1. My mum-splanations. Three common questions parents are asked and how I answered.

  2. A note to a new mother. Mum to a mum. 

  3. Thinking of the dad I never had before father’s day and what a dad means to my son.

  4. The reality of separate parents and shared parenting: a Mummy’s feelings on weekends with Daddy.

  5. MUMMY. I am going to poo in my Spiderman onesie.” The power battles of a five year old.

Connect with Jade here

Blog  -  Twitter  -  Facebook  -  Instagram  -  YouTube  - G+  -  StumbleUpon

If your blog is under a year old and you'd like to be a future Newbie Showcase please get in touch with Morgan or I. And if you've been meaning to send over your content, we have a gap for next week if you're interested. Nudge, nudge.

The parenting jungle gang