Done the paths ,planted the front flowers ,Used lav ,yarrow ,lupin . Got some peas /carrots down and manured 3 of the leaf beds for next year .

work carries on at the allotment , beds but 1 are all painted and underlay is down ( run out of it at the end! not sure on what to do atm ) stones are slowly getting put down , Had a set back when my trailer fell apart >< . still kinda back on track and picking up more boards in the morning to finish off the gravel

Allotment2

What a viewStarted on the pond area ,Il get some water plants from my home pond down later then finish of the brick work .

Painted The shed as we have too have green sheds !! ( dont ask) got the gutting allmost sorted too

Full pic of the work done, It's looking very much like a junk yard at the moment :D
Need to find more boards and underlay before i can order the bark /gravel.

New allotment

New allotment its about 12m by 10m :) I took this bloody mess on 3 weeks ago . Its taken 3 weeks at 4 to 8 hours a day digging/weeding , still im close to laying the fabric/boards/path etc... il have the rest of the fence up this coming week . Im planing on about 12 beds but il wait and see what happens .

1st eggs :D

over the last 2 days my light sussex and today the black araucanas layed for the 1st time :) ,The LS was 54g's the Arau was 40grams I hope within a month il be getting one a day each hen .

2nd hatch

I hatched this batch about 7 weeks ago give or take. out of 3 faverolles sadly only 1 is a hen ( yellow one at the back .The cream legbars did better at 3 hens ( 2 are sold and not shown here )
The 1 cock pictured at the front middle Again il be keeping the 2 hens here and guess the lads will be meat birds :(

Chick update v2

Its been months But they are all grown up and should be laying within the next few weeks The others have been sold now Here are the ones id kepted ,Above Is Sunday dinner :) my araucana lav bantam cockerel

This lady is a red/black aruacanas that should lay blue eggs.

This ones a french copper maran ,I think its a lady But still have my doubts

Light sussex Looking ready to lay or crow 'god forbid'

Last up is my black araucana hen , Again a blue egg layer

new run

Its up ( well almost ) Still have the wire on the roof to fit , sort the door out ,level it ,dig mesh & slabs in the ground to stop the foxes digging .... Big thanks to my family that helped me build this one :)
2000 odd staples /U nails later was driving me crazy .
once done it will be fitted out with wood chippings /dustbath area , etc Not made up my mind yet what to put in it¬

chick update

They are groing so fast and eating more and more everyday :) they new chick just hatched is only half the size poor thing but isnt getting bullied and doing well .

Work started on the new run to fit onto this one at the bottom its 6 meters by 2 meters ,I have had no option but to build this as My chickens have got smart and find all kinds of ways to get out of my only falling down fence and go to work on my veg plot :( thus the lack of outside pics of my this years crop :)

6 hatched in the end But sadly 2 died within 3 days :( the rest are doing well and starting to learn to fly already

1st hen hatched last night and is enjoying his 1st day of life drinking and eating :D Some of the other eggs started to move and i think i heard a chirp .still no holes yet on the others

Il be planting out today my 2nd lot of mix salad plants , Just hope the slugs dont get this lot :(

The bran and botts here are working on the cabs/peas

6 Bantam ARAUCANAS and 6 MARANS went into 1st incubator today at 12 The 5 light essex are 5 days old now and from candleing them seem to be growing well

1st egg from batch 1 just piped at 19 days 20 hours Its still working its way out :) I hope it makes it .Im not sure if any more will make it due to bad temp changes at the start and the bad turning of eggs intill i got my new auto egg turnin incubator

100 onions 20 garlics have all started to come to life :) keeping the chickens from getting them seems the hardest part ..

The greenhouse is slowing getting full with peas,toms,cabs,lets,corn,spin,goses,chilles

Greens are doing well will be netting tomorrow not just to keep the chickens off :)

Ice lettace i repotted last week is just picking up aswell as the spinach ( not in shot ) seem to be forever repotting at the moment

My 1st of the year sowed outside pea just come up :) Il be planting the greenhouse ones with them sometime next week.On the 26th i got my eggs in ,Black Red / Black Araucanas & French Copper Black Marans Not that confident in this home made incubator as 3 different thermometer are giving 3 different readings Iv chosen to go with the normal mercury thermometer for my readings.
2 pounds china made elec one gives 41c .
not so cheap elec Innovation outside moniter one gives 38c
and the standed merc one showing 37c

Now the 8th of march I have gone and got a new incubator to try again in fear that this hasnt worked and will be getting new eggs next week .

Rain rain rain...

Been pritty poor for working outside the last few days .Still got working on my strawberry patch ,Taking runners off picking leafs off etc.. This will be my 3rd last year for the main plants And will be replaced by there runner plants once croped .

Indoors My seeds are slowly coming to

life :)Some or laggy (As expected) So
to try combat this if added a
SAD lamp ie grow lamp . the laggy plants here are
iceberg lettuces and some toms , Im not worred about the toms so much as il reroot them later .

4 of the 6 Dorset naga chilli's have germinated and Thats fine for me Il only be growing 2 plants maybe 3 one as a backup .
Just growing this for a bit of fun really :) I found out about them from HERE and found this Video on youtube Here

Not all the plants have gone laggy Im pleased to say , my potato leaf type tomatoes are doing great :P they are called Tamina ,Id recommend this type as you get a tasty Mid to large fruit With the added bonus of less sideshooting :P

Starting this year's crop

Trimed back herb bed And got rest of this area rdy for more herbs this year.

Dug/weeded/feed this area for spuds. Il be planting as soon as they have chitted

Got most of my beds weeded/dug/feed and almost rdy for planting. Also 200 onion sets are now out

This year iv going into breeding chickens so this is my 1st go at a diy incubator Im just running tests on this one atm just to make sure the temp/humidity are stable at 37.5 and 55%.Il be getting my eggs in somtime in feb.

Just the 1st seeds sowed this year.