quick hello

Wow,thank you for the comments!i'm new to this blogging lark,and its lovely to think people might actually read about my mundane life!!
Haven't done much this week as the children have been ill.they're big kids now(17,16 and 12)but still like to be cosseted when ill,bless 'um!!
back soon with some photo's

chickens

This is the girls(hopefully!)sitting on the bench by the conservatory window,just missed them tapping!L to r Mrs Cluckington,Dylis and Boris.

tinker

Tinker the dog came to live with us in July 2003.He was the dog no-one wanted at the rspca as he has a deformed paw,it had been broken as a puppy and not set.We know very little about him other than he was in the yard of a house in Liverpool that had caught fire.He is the most loving dog ever and likes nothing more than curling up on your lap like a cat,and if you stop stroking you he'll nudge you along!as much as we love him walks are a nightmare as he wants to fight every dog he see's.Having said that he loves our other dog and all the doggie cousins he has.Ev eryone who knows him loves him.

snow!

we live on the Wirral penisula and snow always seems to pass us by,but not this time,how exciting!Young son C said it was better now than at Christmas because it made febuary 'more interesting'




Chickens are now 22 weeks old and still haven't produced any eggs,have even resorted to showing them one in the hope they may get the idea!Mother in law thinks two of them are roosters as they have pointed feathers on their necks,but they still look feminine to me!




Planted tomatoes last week and have some shoots!




volunteered at the age concern lunch and got to bring home all the peelings to bulk out the compost heap at the allotment,which at the moment is rich in straw and chicken poo!

RIP Featherly

Our horrid little terrier managed to escape into the garden whilst the hens were free ranging and killed our beautiful featherly.I know its just instinct on her part and i still adore her but at the moment i can't even look at her.

let the chickens out into the garden for the first time today,they loved it and got to meet fergus the cat,which thankfully didn't result in any carnage.will try introducing them to Tinker the dog next,fingers crossed but don't think we'll ever allow them to meet Poppy the terrible terrier!

jobs for january no 1

sort out the allotment!!Apparantly one hour in the winter is worth five in the summer and i'm determined to have success with something other than beetroot.
Chickens have settled in well,looking forward to our first eggs...