Free Stuff, Happy Chickens and Neater Paths

The baker at our local supermarket is totally awesome. If I drop in and ask, he will save whatever bread that is destined for the bin the next day for me to collect and give to our chickens. What a great haul today!! I will have to freeze some of that!

I took the buns down – there was great anticipation –

Then there was snatching –

And then there was the running and chasing –

Chickens are so funny to watch (or maybe I am just easily amused!)

Anyway, the last few days we have been doing a little path tidying/weeding & re-woodchipping. The main path to the house was looking a bit scruffy and tired.

So we weeded it and got a load of woodchips to cover it up again.

A trailer load didn’t quite finish the job

But today we managed to finish it off – now the grass just needs a mow and it will look reasonably spiffy

The path in front of the hothouse has been an eyesore for ages and I have just ignored it…

So I got my favourite weed-digging tool (Thanks to my Mum for sharing this tip)

An old file without the handle is a brilliant weed digger. Easy to find these at markets/bricabrac shops etc. They are so strong and the point digs in deep. Really handy for those weeds with the tap roots that hang on.

The messiest end done!

We ended up with about 100 feet of pulverised rock from when we had a bore dug at the end of last year. We have been using it as fill here and there. Being rock it has no nutritional value, but useful around the place. So we put down a layer of it first before the woodchip. (My theory is to help smother the weeds)

And finally, the fun part – the woodchip and whatever paving stones we could scrounge up (again – just stuff that had been left on the property when we bought it that we have found uses for)

I am thinking a vast improvement and come winter I won’t be sloshing about in mud! Excellent!

Hope your day was great too!

Cheers!