Toadstools

The open bay compost heaps is busy at the moment growing fungi.





This lovely cluster was found the other day.



I turned them over to see what variety there were and found them to be toadstools.



Biggest cluster I have ever seen on one heap.

Until next time....hoo roo

Rhubarb Update

Back last year I planted out 2 more rhubarb crowns and called them #10 & #11 as each year I have tried to grow a crown and each year I kill them off.

Its become a running joke with my friends and so to make it even more fun with these 2 plants I put up a voting poll and the results can be found on the right side of my blog.

Well I have finally found (or more so remembered) to post an up date on the 2 plants.

#10 sadly croaked it back in the hot weather. Funny thing is, it was doing better than #11. Mind you Pat and I were both watering it and I think maybe it rotted off as it died over a 3 day span.

#11 is out of the road by the asparagus, where as #10 was near the gate to the duck run. Maybe this had a bit to do with loosing #10.

Lets look at #11 as its just steaming ahead.......






Lovely thick and big at the crown and looking every so healthy.




The lovely, lushes and still living Rhubarb crown.......

I'm so proud and pleased that there maybe still hope for the "Cereal Rhubarb Killer".

I have a new poll on the right and you are most welcome to vote or view the poll.

Until next time.... hoo roo

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Crook

I'm laying in bed looking out the bedroom window, watching rain clouds go over the house. We had a shower of rain earlier in the afternoon.

I have a cold that has me tired and coughing. My voice is very raspy as well.

One of the nice things (if you can call being sick nice) is the cats love to cuddle up to me and I just love being used .

Hoping this is a short cold and start to improve. I have been living off my homemade vegie/chicken soup.

Stay well ....

Until next time...

Hoo roo

Rumpus Room Make Over

Its taken a long time, but we have finally replaced the carpet in our rumpus room. The old carpet was in the house when we bought the place 10 years ago.





We were using carpet cut offs to cover the holes and as time went by it became older and more worse for wear. We also found that the carpet wasn't laid properly, this made it easy for removing.




Ben came round and helped us remove the carpet as Pat wasn't able to do it with his asthma. It was amazing the amount of dust underneath the carpet and underlay. I actually used the vacuum cleaner to remove all the crap off the cement. I rewarded Ben with a hot meal as Amy was at a Pink concert with her best friend.

The was furniture and such was all over the house overnight. Cats either loved the cement and kept running all over it, or if they walked on it...... they were like bottle brushes. So funny to watch them.

Today the guys came and laid out the carpet. There is enough left over to carpet our bedroom as well. Bonus ... as we bought an end of roll.

We went to 5 different carpet places and not until we saw this carpet did we at all look at a green carpet. Green is my most fav colour and when both of us saw the carpet, we knew this was the one for us. Other wise we were looking at browns and grays.




All laid and so far we have only put back the futon and the TV cabinet and the TV. Getting late in the day and we want to make sure the room isn't over cluttered.

Freezer isn't going back in the room as we don't want it on new carpet. So my computer desk is going out there tomorrow and the freezer will go when my desk is. Now the futon won't be jammed up against the back door. Thinking of putting the lounge book case where the freezer was.



My desk will go against this wall and free up the bathroom window to let more light in. We had a full length wall unit there against the window. This until will go for the time being where the book case is in the lounge room......... are you keeping up family members??

So there you have it......... room looks so swish and just lovely.

Until next time....hoo roo

Chooks, Chooks, Chooks

Thought I'd show you some chook pictures as its been a while since I have done this. My girls are either busy moulting and just finished mouting.

I think the girls can look rather funny with half their bodies naked and looking scruffy as. I am getting about 4 eggs a day still, so I'm happy with their effort.




"Purps" is the oldest hen and I bought her as a point of lay back in 2005. She's the biggest hen in the flock. Looks beautiful and fluffy with a lovely rich colour in her feathers.





Mango came to live with me along with Peaches back in 2007. She was very embarrassed while moulting and was being picked on by the other hens. She'd hide behind my legs when I was in the chook run. I always made sure she had lots to eat when I was feeding them.





One of the "blue rinse set" girls, doesn't she look disgustingly happy and oblivious to her devilish look? More interested in the grain sprinkled round on the grass cuttings in their run, than how her feathers look for a photo.



"Purps" looking ever so swish surrounded by the unkept ones. Must be good for one's confindence and vanity.

I love my girls and they bring me so much joy.

Until next time....hoo roo

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Compost

This afternoon for about three hours Pat was mowing the back lawn at his speed. It's not a big back lawn, but it still took him ages.

Still needs to finish the lawn off tomorrow, as he ran out of breath.

Seeing as I had fresh green lawn and weeds to compost, I joined Pat out the back, emptying the tumbler into the no dig garden and gave the girls a wheel barrow of green lawn/weed cuttings.





Ducks and bantams love compost day as this means lots of goodies to eat and fresh damp soil to scratch round in.




I had been saving paper and shredding it for the girl's next boxes.



The old paper from the nest box was put into the tumbler along with the compost collected and stored in the black compost bin. Plus more weeds and lawn clippings added and then given a good tumble to mix it up.

Until next time....hoo roo

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Greens Is Good

Green is my most favourite colour and the backyard is looking nice and green.

Still got areas in my garden not growing food, but I'm not stressing out over this. Letting the soil rest this season and will get things going again for the summer crops.

But my garden is happy to grow food itself.





Baby Italian parsley seeds.... love it.

Our good gardening buddy Pepe put me onto the Italian parsley and once last years plants went to seed...I let them do their thing.



Silverbeet is what I grew last year and its survived the summer and has re-shot. Rabbits are enjoying a tasty feed of this.

So life goes on at Lucky's Duck Farm, plants and animals come and go.

Until next time....hoo

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