Ds1 (5.9) has been helping his grandad all year with his allotment - has got his own patch and chose to grow pumpkins and cucumbers... ()
We haven't got a garden so it's the only place he gets to grow stuff and he's absolutely loved it - spends hours on the allotment with his grandad.
His pride and joy is one of the pumpkins which has been coming on a treat and plans were already being made for it to have pride of place at Halloween, carved with candle in etc.
Some gits apparently wrecked the allotments at the weekend in the middle of the night - pulled up lots of people's plants, left the water tap on and stole ds1's pumpkin.
Just very, very about it - nearly cried when dp told me. We told ds1 and he's OK about it but it's so pointless and destructive.