Lots has been happening around the house lately. The dogs got some fancy new cages.
To celebrate, Heidi and I made them some fancy new name plaques.
The dogs love them ;-)
Our poultry numbers have been up and down lately - with the downs also resulting in downs in dog biscuit consumption! We currently have 6 hens and 2 indian runner drakes that Darryn uses to train his working dogs. Three of the hens are ex-battery farm hens that we have given a new lease of life to. Although after 18 months in our care their laying is now quite sporadic - attributed to the unnaturally high production requirements of their early life. Luckily I don't base all their worth on their egg laying abilities. Instead, I fill their cage with hay and organic matter which I leave them to scratch up until it is composted, which I then remove to my vege garden. Much easier than running my own compost pile - they do all the hard yakka for me. I also give them little stints in the garden to help control all the unwanted creepy crawlies ruining my vege crops.
It's not all work - they get cuddles too!
The Indian Runners are put through their paces twice a week - with Darryn's pups rounding them up over and over again.
There's always something to do in the garden, these two are very quick to spot an empty wheelbarrow, often catching a ride on my return trip from the garden rubbish pile.
We have been reaping the rewards of a great winter season in the vege garden. Heidi loved discovering all the potatoes...
We are also patiently waiting for these beauties to ripen.
Sometimes it's all too much - here's Rhys nursing his big sister to sleep after a big session around the house :-)
