Animal Troubles and Falling Plants.

It's been a while since I made a video. It's certainly not my strong suit, but practice makes perfect. They say you should try to step out of your comfort zone, after all.

I finally finished one of the beds for the chilli and capsicum plants. The jalapeno plant got so heavy with fruit that it keeled over and I had to stake it, after offloading as much fruit as possible, of course! There is room for one more plant, but that will have to wait until next season now as winter is on its way. I also want to see if I can get these plants through the winter first. Hopefully I don't get a curl grub infestation there now the soil is much better. I had a quick dig between two of the plants and unearthed a couple already.

I've got some carrot and coriander seeds in, ready for the cooler weather and rains. I still haven't gotten around to putting the seed potatoes in, though. I really ought to before they dry out. I wanted to prepare all the beds by removing the rubble and improving the soil, but it's going to take ages, so I probably need to just plant and focus on improving one area at a time. I need to get the peas in too, so I'll have to decide which runs the chickens are going to stay in for winter, so I can grow them up the fences they're not going to be able to reach.

I’m gutted, because my rooster, Roast, died last week. It always hurts when a chicken dies, but he's been a part of my daily routine for so long that it's been particularly hard. Reminders every morning and evening when I would be bringing him in for the night or out for the day. I collected the eggs from his flock to see if I could get a last hatch from him. Out of 17 eggs only two were fertile. It remains to be seen if they'll hatch. I was hoping to have a pick of ones to choose from, the quietest and most docile, but who knows. If it’s meant to be it will be.

I bought a male rabbit from a breeder to go with our young girl who we kept from our last brood. For some reason I just thought I'd double check and the rabbit turned out to be a girl! The breeder was apologetic, but it was disappointing. She may have some more for me in a month, otherwise I'll keep looking.