Eggs

So, in quite exciting news, we have our first eggs from our chooks. They live with Michael's sister, since she lives in the really truly country and doesn't have cats to contend with, but it's very exciting none the less. We have two, and Michael named them Eggman and The Walrus.

Photos of the chooks themselves will no doubt follow when we get out there to see them.

Gratuitous Picture Post - Third and Final Part

And now, for the finale, the current progress pics.

About an hour and a half of weeding with my hands and a claw-thingie (metal note to self - learn the words!!) yielded around this much exposed dirt. So not impressed. I think I'm going to have to get Michael to get into it with his big tough boy fork of doom and turn it all over so all I have to do is pick the weeds out, or else I'm still going to be weeding it at the next planting season.

Standing just outside the vege patch fence, looking in. We got around a third cleared back to soil, but more importantly got rid of some of the particularly nasty weeds that had sprouted - including something with the most vile spiky pods that someone told me was a thornapple, and a serious weed.

Same thing, just from standing in the vege patch somewhere.

And a bonus shot of the weird uninvited plant growing out of my compost heap. As I write this, I wonder if I haven't already posted this photo, but oh well. I'm going to trim that tree that's growing over from the other side of the fence, since it makes actually getting to the compost a bit of an effort if you won't want to get smacked in the head by bits of tree.