Victoria Peckham has a stretch

Victoria Peckham
Originally uploaded by Kate Gardiner

The divas have arrived!

Pearl takes an interest
Originally uploaded by Kate Gardiner

We gave up waiting for the ex-batts. It was going to be another 6 weeks before we got a date for them, so we went off and bought 3 hybrids instead.
Victoria Peckham is the white one (sussex star), Felicity Hendal is the completely red one (warren) and Martine McCluckins is the other red one with the black tail (anyone know what breed that is?)

Pearly is very in to the new members of the family. However they are more in to the corn and the grapes that I've used to coax them in to cuddles this afternoon.

We're rehoming some tropical fish tomorrow, I suspect Pearl will not know what to do with herself!

Well, blow me down. I'm in!

I'm in I've got my offer to start a degree in Horticulture in September. I'm beside myself with excitment.

From my garden

From my garden
Originally uploaded by Kate Gardiner

A nice feast of home grown veg tonight. All grown in pots, mostly set by my children and tended to by me and Ade. A real family affair.

Nothing quite as satisfying as eating your own home grown grub, is there?

The paving slabs and eglu...

The paving slabs and eglu...
Originally uploaded by Kate Gardiner

guess what my job is tomorrow? Yip, you guessed it, laying those slabs in to the grass. I really do not like doing that. At all.

The runners, leeks and sprouting brocoli

The runners, leeks and sprouting brocoli
Originally uploaded by Kate Gardiner

Looking lush in the veggie patch.
I'm going to paint those shed doors and make up some better defences so I don't lose the mud from the bed in weather like this...I'm sure making a few simple raised beds can't be THAT hard (or expensive), can it?

Cucumber!

Cucumber!
Originally uploaded by Kate Gardiner

woowhoo!