In the Garden

I haven't had very much time to spend writing my blog recently, because we have had lovely, sunny weather, so Hanley Bear and I have been out in the garden a lot.  

We like Polar and Grizzly's garden as there are lots of things for small bears to do out there and different places to explore.  There are pretty flowers and trees, ponds with frogs and tadpoles in and a fountain worked by solar energy.

Once, we went right down to the bottom of the garden, at the edge of the vegetable patch, where there are some trees and a lot of ivy.

'Do you think there are wild bears living in there?' asked Hanley Bear.

I was about to say 'no', when there was a rustling noise from the undergrowth.  Hanley Bear and I both ran back up the garden path in a panic, in case there was a big, fierce wild bear about to chase us, but it turned out to be a blackbird, hunting for worms. 

During these sunny, spring days, we have usually just been playing - running about on the lawn, climbing and playing hide-and-seek, but one day Polar asked us if we would like to help her plant out the broad beans.  We are usually told to stay out of the vegetable garden, so we were proud to be trusted to help.  Polar had even found some small bear-sized tools for us! 

Polar showed us where the beans were going to be planted.  Firstly, I used my little spade to dig up the weeds, then Hanley raked the ground nice and level.  We took it in turns to help Polar dig nice deep holes for the bean plants' roots and then we lifted the plants out of their little trays and lowered them into the ground.  I thought the bean plants had a nice smell!

Hanley Bear raked plenty of earth back into the holes around the roots of each plant.  When they were all settled in, we stood well back and Polar used a very big watering can to water them, but not us.

Polar had lots of spare plants so yesterday she had a plant sale for her friends.  We made some of our special Honey and Nutmeg Bear Cakes for the guests, to raise money for our Paddington Fund to do Good Things. 

We were quite pleased to sell some cakes but even more pleased that there were some left for our tea!  We made a new small animal friend and some new human friends too, so it was a very good day.