Red nose day 2009

All things red today. Except that is for my red sport relief top which has been adopted by Star as his bed so it is now red on the front and white on the back as it is the start of the moulting season.

Talking of seasons, it is the laying season, so we starting with going up to three eggs last weekend to 6 on Wednesday and Thursday and eight today. Anybody who would like some duck eggs please e-mail ird@sky.com and I will deliver. In the spirit of the day, you could make a small donation to Comic Relief in exchange.

Nick did a fantastic job rattling his bucket at work today and raised over £100.

Still on the red theme, the first pulling of rhubarb last Sunday was a treat and a reminder to get the cookery books out.





I worked hard at the weekend to get the second greenhouse up to the standard it should be in March and I must admit it was looking a bit sad after a neglected for months. It looks lovely now and thanks to the coffee sticks I will actually know what the seedlings are when the appear.

Just a few days later, I notice today that I have some leeks, red cabbage and peas - at least that's what the sticks say.