Making chicken feed of my mortgage

Greying_Pilgrim

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Good evening Greying

You are - in the nicest possible way - bonkers :rotfl:

Um, ta...... I think......... :think:.............

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Greying (who has just roared with laughter and has some explaining to do to DP.......:rotfl:)

teapot2

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Miss Euphemia/Effie - named after Mr MWC's great grandmother. Apparently, in Scotland Effie was used as an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Oighrig meaning "speckled one" :cool:

Yep indeedy, I have an aunt Effie [Scottish], not a chook I hasten to add

gallygirl

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

I'll ask them to pose for a update photo tomorrow

Can you get them to pose next to their eggs please

muddywhitechicken

Wrong chook pic teapot - that's Miss Clarissa!

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Miss Euphemia/Effie - named after Mr MWC's great grandmother. Apparently, in Scotland Effie was used as an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Oighrig meaning "speckled one" :cool:

muddywhitechicken

gallygirl wrote: »

Can you get them to pose next to their eggs please

Of course GG (they always do as I tell them )

MWCx

muddywhitechicken

Yesterday was the last day of the GCC Challenge and I walked >1,750,000 steps in 100 days :T 7 miles/day :T

That's equivalent to walking from Land's End to Inverness - I'd have made it to John o'Groats if it had been a 117-day challenge :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

My replacement stepover apple trees were delivered this morning and they look healthy (the trees delivered back in March were so dormant they were dead...)

Another 45 minutes of WFH and then it's the weekend :j

muddywhitechicken

Miss Tilly is laying her second egg :T

In the nestbox this time :T:T

First attempt to get in the coop wasn't too successful... she jumped too high and ended up on the roof :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Habibiboo

:wave:

Just had a quick catch up MWC, so glad the girls are settling and laying!

Thanks too for the recipe ... much appreciated, may well be harvesting the crabs in the next couple of days!

Hope you enjoy your weekend! x

muddywhitechicken

Eggs IN 4
Eggs OUT 0

Plants IN 8 (the 2 apple trees + 6 heuchara plug plants)

I've been quite productive today :T

Washed bedding and towels
Cleaned bathroom
Harvested beetroot, red onions, tomatoes and rhubarb from the garden
Tidied up the raised beds, added compost from the hot bin composter and planted out winter vegetables
Took my car to the hand car wash
Supermarket shop

And now I need to make a start on the crab apple jelly and clean/chop the rhubarb for the freezer

muddywhitechicken

Good morning

Mr MWC's cheque has cleared so £2,500 MOPd and £1,000 transferred to holiday account, rest left as buffer in current a/c. Next month's MOP will take us into the 90s :j

Plan for today:
Hairdresser
Go foraging with dad - need more blackberries and a few elderberries
Make first batch of spiced crab apple jelly and cook fruit for second batch
Make a start on gingered rhubarb & fig chutney as there was no room in the freezer for the rhubarb
Plant apple trees
Tidy up pots on patio (this will probably involve going to the garden centre for compost and plants...)
More laundry
Clean chicken coop

I need to make a list for my Christmas hampers - both content and how many I need to make