Today I managed to put a full day in around the garden & plot .Weeded a few more beds ,took out loads of bindweed , dug in new compost (hens loved eating all the slug eggs + criters But Not so happy about the annihilation worms )also did the end of year clean and disinfect of the greenhouse/ all pots, equipment .At this moment the G/H is just full of smoke from a sulphur bomb I set off 3 hours ago ( Expecting a second visit from the fire brigade this month ).planing of planting some lettuce in the g/h - It should be about 25 hours once the smokes gone and all pots are stored away till December.

Managed to get a nice harvest of leeks ,chilli's, toms , cucumbers ,runner beans ,carrot's .

Also noticed this camellia I got at the start of the year has started to bud again !Which is crazy as its a spring flowering plant not sure if to bring it inside before the frost kicks in

Should of weeded and Earthed up my leeks today but Went to the beach to let the dog have a run instead .

01october

Been months since I last posted and i've missed loads of pics of the final crops and the new arrival of my 2 ex battery hens. I'll try find them as i'm sure I took some the day I got them . Still; here are the hens now ( the blury one is on a phone cam, it's about 1 month old now ). The ex batts have come on leaps and bounds from being 85% bald to almost fully refeathered . As for the plot - i've closed off most of it for the winter and dug in compost + manure. Celery, leeks, celeriac, beetroot, herbs and some courgettes, runners & tomato plants still cropping.

Upto 8 Bird hen house/coop

plan/sizes. etc.... Info to be added later.

Please click the image for Step BY Step Construction Process

henhouse

23th may 2008 small update

Apart from getting my new hens, nothing much has been done. A lot's grown as you can see; some good and some bad... My indoor tomatoes's are still bad even though they are flowering. Runners are flowering even had to take the tops out on 2 . Salads' have been great and well eaten but starting to bolt now ( new seeds should be ready to go in next week ) Chicks are out about 8 hours a day And kinda realised i'm in need to fence around my plot :D. Spuds should be ready soon too....I can't wait.

Next on the list is a better & bigger hen house as I've got 4 more coming on July the 19th.

15 may starting my free pallet chicken house

These picture's are slightly out of chronological order!

Yesterday i picked up a load of broken pallets, and to make use of them...(better then burning or sitting in a landfill)I decided to go online and look for hours for an online plan of how to build a chicken house ... couldn't find much good advice; so just decided to wing it and work it out as i went along. Got a lot to do tomorrow to finish it and make the CALL :) Think i will get some ex- battery hens.... lucky a lady from BHWT lives just up the road!!I Just cant wait to get my chicks

Just a small update As iv been busy /lent my cam out ;/ so pics taken from a phone cam , still Most things are doing OK just not my tom's just about 95% have started to curl . Not that worried about it atm and going to wait to see what happens , I can guess the crop per plant will be less but started a salt epsom fix for this week lets see if that helps . apart from that im happy with the crop growth this year + the amount of bees/ladybirds about even caught some at it .....