What We Can Do In A Few Days

Looks Like A Coop

When we arrived at Lotty yesterday we had a base and frame of the coop. By the time we left we had a very definate coop. First port of call was B&Q, having found the wood panel we bought the day before to be near enough perfectly sized we picked up a few more and some chicken wire. Then it was time for more hard work (mostly by John.) We started by fixing the fence panels to the front and rear of the coop, but very soon realised we were getting nowhere without the drill. We had forgotten to bring the drill battery so I ran (ok, walked a bit fast) home to pick it up along with my change of clothes and a flask of coffee. Once again during my absense so much had been done. The front and back, aside from needing a few more nails hammering in were finished, and John even had a few minutes to help the Blur screw some nails into her hand crafted stilts. The old shed door, which was to be an access hole to the perch area was taken down and a panel put up on hinges in its place. Three more panels were fitted to the sides, and the waterproof strips laid along the roof. So now we have a coop. Its looks great from the outside, and having all had a little sit in, I think we all wish we could be chickens too. I never expected the coop to look as good as it does. Thank you John and Blur.

Whilst I was away John got talking to another plot holder who told him the man accross from us could get us some chickens. So if John manages to catch him in the next couple of days we could have chickens by the end of next week.

All thats left for us to do now is to build the run, which should be alot easier to build than the actual coop (dont quote me on that though.)

And So The Crops

I was slightly disheartened that Melony Melon now seems beyond redemption. But given they are not native to this country and the changable climate lately I can understand it may not have been the best conditions for her to thrive. Not to worry too much though, we have two growing in pots inside which apear to be fairing better. The peppers or chilis both inside and out are doing everything they're supposed to do, and one of the chilis has a pretty little flower on. We managed to find enough peas to take home to eat and John and the Blur were competing to see who could shell the biggest peas.

I nipped out from lotty twice yesterday, second time to pick up some salt for our fly killing mixture, which was added to water and washing up liqid and spray over anything which had the little buggers crawling about on them. Were not sure if it will work, but only time will tell.