An Egg! and sweet potato

We have an egg!!!!


We were down with the chooks yesterday, Dave was putting down more straw and feed while bub watched, and he found this egg!! Very exciting!

Lolly had a chow down on some roasted sweet potato last night, here is a little montage.

Urban Homesteading Marathon Weekend!

Well, we did SO much work in the garden this weekend (when I say we, I mean Dave, a bit of Smash, while Snail, Lolly and I were out enjoying the garden sunshine and lending moral support!). D finished the rails and supports on the wheelchair ramp (yay for him, it's a friggin masterpiece!). On Sunday he built a garden bed and got the chicken coop ready. Here are some shots - getting the wood ready - next to the existing vege patch which we planted out a couple of weeks ago:


Here is the finished product. Well, almost, it needs dirt obviously!



Here is the chicken house inside the coop, Dave installed a new, improved ramp (ironically with offcuts from the wheelchair ramp), and a door that latches for collecting eggs.


Here is Smash breaking into the coop...


And finally, after all that, we got four chickens!!!




Here is Smash and Snail "helping" - Smash is transporting chicken feed down the stairs on his skateboard (as you do), while Snail "wants whatever that is RIGHT NOW!" :-)


And where is bub during all this? In the Ergo of course!