Good Morning John

And Then There Was Lotty

Having all had a lot to do, lotty wasnt visisted until later yesterday, and still it was a flying visit. Our first port of call was to B&Q to find wood panels for the coop. We found some planks of wood we wanted fairly quickly, then it was another half an hour to find someone who could give us a price and dimensions. After all that, we went with boards instead. Not sure it was the right size we bought one and (after a bit of dinner out) we finally arrived at lotty. Could it have been any more of a better fit. A few screws were attempted to put in, but not much else as it was getting late, and one job at lotty invariably turns to about 15 jobs. But at least we can see how its coming on now.

Those Bloody Flies

Its slightly annoying to see black flies ivading our veg, but on the other hand it gives us a chance to experimant with getting rid of them. A mixture of water, salt and washing up liquid is on the cards for the little pains. We did manage a tour of duty round the fruit and veg. Bad news first, what with all the rain, Melony the melon is not looking at her best. Well as with everything im hoping just a little bit of TLC will be enough to perk her up (that'll be me, sitting next to her, telling her how good she is, and stroking her wilting leaves, believe me I will.) We found the best funniest looking tomato, it resembled somebody gurning, with a whole load of grass sticking out of their mouth. The maizie part at the top of the sweetcorn is now drooping over its leaves, so now they are given a little shake as we walk by to help the corn grow.

Saturday, Saturday

And so today. I think its back to B&Q (do they have loyalty cards) to pick up some more boards, and possibly some chicken wire, then back to lotty. Given how much we have achieved with the coop in just a few days, and the lets just do one more thing attitude I may be taking pics of a fully functioning (minus the hens) coop to publish on the blog tomorrow, or Monday.

Hen Names

Now, given that I even name the plants we have of course been making suggestions for the hens names. Here are just a few:- HENdrix, CHICKita, PECKham (junction, Victoria, David, High Road) HENdon, Tommy COOPer, Lenny HENry. You get the idea of our thinking. The Blur however has decided on Cairo and Tinkerbelle for the two she is going to name, and Tommy Cooper (Johns suggestion) may be the name given to the actual coop. Well I best be off to get ready for the day, as I can see that theres going to be alot to do again.