It has been a while since I mentioned my windowsill gardening endeavours and thought that an update was about due. Last weekend I harvested my first batch of red peppers I grew from seeds saved from previously eaten red peppers. It is amazing to know that you grew it yourself. It is even better if you use your own produce in your home cooked meals. This harvest sparked me on to try my hand at something else before it gets too cold.

It has been four days now and I have seen light coming from the carrot seed tub. You are going to laugh at this but I used one of those clear containers you tend to buy a leg of lamb in the supermarket. Obviously it has been cleaned properly before I used it and it is big enough to be a home for my carrots. The carrots will not be big but will do as baby carrots. I will be trying my hand later during the year at garlic, so stay tuned for that.

Ok, I realise that this update is a little sad but it shows you that you can plant food in your windowsills in London, even though there is no space. The summer of 2010 will be a green one as I will plant ten times more than this year!

It has dawned on me today that communities are needed in a big city such as London. We were walking down our local high street when I have noticed how little chain-stores there are on the street and it made me realise that I need to support the little guys to bring their own unique blend to the area to help build that much needed community spirit.

I have joined a local forum where people living in my area have come together to make a change, little changes though but a change non the less. Ever since joining the forum I have felt a strange sense of belonging and I urge everyone coming to London to blend into the local community to make the area better. This is needed unless we want a crime ridden area where people are too scared to be themselves or live in their own area. Think about it!

The community spirit really does wonders for an area. By supporting the locals, voicing your opinion and to meet up every now and then all play a vital role in society. I am not much for meeting strangers in the townhall but I am willing to lend a hand to clean up the area or even to visit and support a local fair. What possitive changes can you bring to your community?

That is it! I am done with sightseeing in London, well, the walking part that is. Wait a minute; I’ve become way too lazy in this wonderful city. I have taken the time to explore Marble Arch, Hyde Park, St James Park, and Buckingham Palace… straight back to Waterloo. What a day it has been and we walked all the way.

Here it is folks, a few photos of the day out in London. Seriously, go and explore Hyde Park, it is humongous and there is so much to do.

Marble Arch

Hyde Park – Boat House

A view in Hyde Park

Princess Diana Memorial

Serpentine Lake