Breakfast At Lottington

Sausages and Fresh Eggs

It was a bit of a chilly walk up the lane first thing this morning despite the sun shining, so we couldnt wait to get into the sunshine at lotty. Once inside the gates it was straight off to let the girls out, and not a moment too soon by the looks of it. Four feathery bums (Alison decided to take her time coming out) were high in the air while they got their first taste of grass for the day. There was one egg in the coop (Marges) which was still lovely and warm. While John got on with lighting the fires and chopping down a bit more of the hedge I ambled off home to pick up the Blur and some provisions for the day.

By the time we got back the fire was nearing cooking temperature so off into the hut I went to chop up some mushrooms and wrap them in foil with our sausages. By this time Rita and Alison had laid their eggs for the day so having three eggs now John put on a pot of water to boil. The sausage and mushroom sandwiches were just what we needed but the real treat was extremely fresh hard boiled eggs. They'd not travelled more than a few metres from nest to our bellies, though I hope the girls wernt watching and wondering what we were doing to their eggs.

Pellets and Pots

After our lotty feast it was off to Newstead to get the girls some more food. While it was just Rita and Alison the food hardly seemed to go down at all, but with three more mouths to feed the pellets have been going down quite quickly. They were hand fed a few this afternoon and gobbled them down at lightening speed, even after being given bread, melon, grapes and worms to eat.

I started pulling up the weeds that had grown up around the inside edge of greenhouse two and put a few boards down to try and stop them coming up even more over the winter. Then it was time to sort out the plant pots. John put the water boiler over the fire and between us we cleaned around 250 little pots, with John on hot, bleachy water duty and me on cold water rinsing. Part of me wanted to do the hot water part but only up to the point where the water was boiling and couldnt have put my hands in it if I had wanted to.

As is usual for a Saturday were now at home smelling of smoke and ready for a cup of tea and something to eat. There were lots of people around the allotments today (most probably due to the committee meeting) but I seem to have seen alot of new faces this week. The chickens seem to be the stars of lotty though as everybody asks after them whenever they pass. Its been a good week at lotty, being that we've had lots to do, so lots of time spent there. I have more planning to do next week as we have all our seeds at home so I can plan out what and when we can start planting for next year.

Once again thank you John and Blur for a lovely day at lotty.