Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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Whoop whoop it's the weekend :j

Horrible drive home from work - lots of surface water and spray - but the sun is shining now

The spare money in my current account was "burning a hole in my pocket" so I have made a MOP of £250 + the ebay money + £125 from the holiday account = £500

My free sample of caramel coffee arrived in the post - it's not totally revolting but I won't be buying any!

Eggs IN 7
Eggs OUT 22 (sold for £7)

Plants IN 5 - my replacement tithonia seedlings arrived, 1/10 size of the originals but much healthier looking

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Make that:

Plants IN 6

My Calycanthus floridus was just delivered I am very pleased with the quality and size of the plant (it's much more than a twig!) and the nursery's customer service... what a shame that I'm not going to be buying any more plants...:rotfl:

It came packed in straw in a huge box - I now have enough bedding for The Girls for at least 4 weeks :T

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I have emptied my compost bin (mainly straw, sawdust and chicken poo from last year) this evening, turned the compost and refilled the bin - I know how to live on a Friday evening :rotfl:

I plan to spend all day tomorrow in the garden :j

I also need to learn about pensions this weekend - I don't really understand pensions

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I've finally decided to sell my old chicken coop :eek:
Three years ago I justified the expense of the bigger, orangier coop by telling Mr MWC that I would sell the old one (but then I decided to keep it just in case...)

So today's plan:

Pot up seedlings
Plant out larger plants
Weed the gravelled patio area again - there are still thousands of self-seeded bronze fennel seedlings and I've been weeding for weeks
General tidy up in the garden
Mow the lawn
Muck out the chickens
Pressure wash the old chicken coop and find all the bits
Order hardwood chips for the chicken run

Mr MWC is on grocery shopping and housework duties

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Eggs IN 8 :T
Eggs OUT 4 (huevos rancheros for dinner)

Plants IN 0

I've spent a lovely day in the garden

Pot up seedlings - still to do
Plant out larger plants - partially done, a few more to do tomorrow
Weed the gravelled patio area again - there are still thousands of self-seeded bronze fennel seedlings and I've been weeding for weeks - done
General tidy up in the garden - done
Mow the lawn - done
Muck out the chickens - done
Pressure wash the old chicken coop and find all the bits - still to do
Order hardwood chips for the chicken run = decided to phone my order through on Tuesday so that I can arrange a specific delivery date

I did pop to Morrisions with Mr MWC and I'm very glad that I did - they have limited edition blackberry & elderflower Pimms on offer at £10 for a 1 L bottle :beer:

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I had a lie-in this morning but since I got out of bed at 7:45 I have:

Planted out one plant and split another
Pressure washed the old chicken coop & run and taken photos for ebay

Now I need to do some housework as we have guests arriving at 2 and Mr MWC is up to his elbows in chocolate mousse!

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Eggs IN 8
Eggs OUT 6 (in the chocolate mousse)

Pimms blackberry & elderflower is rather more-ish!

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Good morning

No bids on the chicken coop yet but there has been quite a bit of interest and someone is coming to look at it this morning

Other plans for today:

- Laundry - I want to wash the bedding and line dry it... I'm just waiting for Mr MWC to wake up!
- Pot up my seedlings
- Potter in the garden
- Go for a long walk with Mr MWC
- Buy chicken treats

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I've done everything on my list - I just need to bring the washing in and make the bed.

One of my birthday presents (back in January) was the AA's 30 Walks In... cards for my county. Today we did the first walk We need to pick up the pace now if we are going to complete them all by the end of this year :rotfl:

Then we walked into town to buy chicken treats - mixed corn, sunflower hearts, black sunflower seeds, mealworms and spinach.

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Eggs IN 8
Eggs OUT 0

Plants IN 0

Roast chicken and leftover pasta salad primavera (a Nigella recipe) for lunch, the last of the food festival cheese and biscuits for tea.

We've just watched a very good film - Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts in Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bones (De rouille et d'os).