21 days..

Is the time it takes for a fertilised egg to hatch during the incubation process. Therefore I am eagerly anticiapting the 7th April.

Today I met up with Lesley, Carl, Emma and Clare in Stratford before wondering off around the farmers market. Emma is one of the kindest people I know, a while ago she bought an incubator for her school but they never got around to using it, so she has now passed it on to me. I am eternally greatful, an Octagon 10 would cost me just over £140 if it was bought from the shops. Seeing as I have one identical those which has never been used, I am really chuffed. The fertile eggs themselves have come from my trusted friend Lesley. She has supplied me with 3 Buff OrpingotnxWelsummer eggs, 1 cream legbarxwhitestar egg, and 2 from some of her original hens. Before the hens are 10 weeks old, they are going back to Lesley and fattened up ready for slaughter at around 22 weeks. They shall then finally return to us ready to be used routinely on Sunday's!

Friendly Farm
Sorry about the refletion of the flash in the photo. Hopefully in 21 days these 6 eggs will be fluffy little chicks!!!
At the actual market I also bought some Farmhouse sausasges, a carrot cake (for mothers day) and some ginger beer from a new stall holder! I also bought a sausage bap, which was delicious! I also recieved my fortnightly supply of duck eggs in a swap for a bottle of reggae reggae sauce!

When I got home I went straight over to my Grandparents house equipped with all my gardening gear, and potted some seeds, in which I hope will transform into a bumper crop of delicious vegetables. The greenhouse I used is normally full of clutter, but I cleared out and made way for my delicious crops! If you are interested in what I have planted I have listed the types below.
Tomato Money Maker x6
Tomato Gardeners Delight x6
Tomato Supersweet F1 x4 (because I dropped the seed packet)
Brocolli x 6
Scotch Bonnet Chilli x 7
Courgette x 9
White Lisbon Spring Onions x 4
Small Spring Onions x 6
Cauliflower Violet Queen x 6
White Cabbage x6
Cucumber Market More x6
Musselbrough Leeks x7
Iceberg Lettuce x 6
There are quite a few more things, but I've forgot what they were! Hopefully when these are ready to be handled they shall be moved outside and then a new bunch of seeds can be potted and germinated to ensure a continuous supply of food.

Well a very nice day overall, I've had some real fun!
See you soon and much love,
Martin x

End of an era.

It's my final straw.
I am so fed up with www.blogspot.com and I have decided to switch server in an attempt to make my blogging life a little easier.
Blogspot kept refusing to log me in, and kept wanting me to upgrade my package. I had to leave a comment on somebodys blog before I could even log into my own blog and make a post.

So I'm now available over on:

www.martin-blyth.vox.com

I hope to see you over there,
Martin

It's getting warm!

Three more glorious days have passed. I love the feel of the warmth on a leather settee which has been in the suns path. According to the MET Office we can expect the mildest day of the year so far on Sunday, which is obviously something to look forward to.
The absence from school has given me time to continue to develop the new website which shall be completed very soon, and it has also given me time to draw up mental plans to include a tomato "mini" vineyard in the garden. I am looking to increase the yield of tomatoes so that I can widen the Friendly Farm product list, to include ketchups and sauces. We already make tomato soup but unfortunately we do not use our own tomatoes as yet, so hopefully this summer we will be able to supply you with homemade and homegrown soup.
We have only had 4 eggs in the last 3 days, hopefully they'll be back to normal ways within the next few days otherwised treats will be cut out. Some people have chickens for pets and that is fair enough, they say eggs are a bonus but my two are egglayers, if there are no eggs there is no income, and no breakfast.
Well the weekend has arrived upon us, and I have an egg order or two to fulfill and I also need to go and collect the used egg boxes from my customers. It may be a little more difficult than usual because of the back, but I am sure I shall manage. As I am talking of the back, today 9/3 has been the worst day since monday! It's been so painful. I am going to be watching Birmingham vs Derby on the telly later, so it means I shall have to walk over to my grandmas. Something which currently knackers me out, even though it's only 200m away!
On a final note, I am going to leave you with some pictures to treasure for a rainy day.

It's sad to think I could be in Paris today. Speaking french, eating french and just enjoying myself. But instead I am at home with a bad back.

Take care of yourselves,
Martin

It's getting warm!

Three more glorious days have passed. I love the feel of the warmth on a leather settee which has been in the suns path. According to the MET Office we can expect the mildest day of the year so far on Sunday, which is obviously something to look forward to.
The absence from school has given me time to continue to develop the new website which shall be completed very soon, and it has also given me time to draw up mental plans to include a tomato "mini" vineyard in the garden. I am looking to increase the yield of tomatoes so that I can widen the Friendly Farm product list, to include ketchups and sauces. We already make tomato soup but unfortunately we do not use our own tomatoes as yet, so hopefully this summer we will be able to supply you with homemade and homegrown soup.
We have only had 4 eggs in the last 3 days, hopefully they'll be back to normal ways within the next few days otherwised treats will be cut out. Some people have chickens for pets and that is fair enough, they say eggs are a bonus but my two are egglayers, if there are no eggs there is no income, and no breakfast.
Well the weekend has arrived upon us, and I have an egg order or two to fulfill and I also need to go and collect the used egg boxes from my customers. It may be a little more difficult than usual because of the back, but I am sure I shall manage. As I am talking of the back, today 9/3 has been the worst day since monday! It's been so painful. I am going to be watching Birmingham vs Derby on the telly later, so it means I shall have to walk over to my grandmas. Something which currently knackers me out, even though it's only 200m away!
On a final note, I am going to leave you with some pictures to treasure for a rainy day.






It's sad to think I could be in Paris today. Speaking french, eating french and just enjoying myself. But instead I am at home with a bad back.

Take care of yourselves,
Martin

Glorious Day!

Although I am not fully fit to enjoy it, today in my opinion was the most beautiful day of the year. From early in the morning the sun was in full blaze, joined in the sky by only light blue and an array of light puffy clouds. It was sensational to have the sun beating on my feet, and making me feel warm, it was perhaps a kick up the hide to say "SPRING IS HERE"

Morning Glory, the garden at about 11am.
It's so exciting when the seasons change. Spring is very special to us all. The fruit trees begin to blossom and to see the baby lambs in the fields is one of most joyous things ever! For me at FF it means that the hens will be coming into full lay again, we've had about 12eggs in the last 7days! It's amazing how they are laying 10 more eggs a week now than only a two weeks ago! It's made me really thrilled. It's also given me a reminder that I need to start planting my tomatos, beans and cucumber plants into little pots. I'm already sorted for strawberries, to my amazement they survived the whole winter, in January I trimmed them back and ridded of the dead leaves to find at least 15 plants. I only bought 3 plants originally last year, so that is value for money! 15 plants - £2.70!
I will try to remember to take a picture of the strawberry plants tomorrow, but today you shall have to make do with a picture of our miniature daffodils! It's not very good because I still can't bend down but it shows spring is in our back garden.

Enough of spring now. Today I'm also talking charity. My WALKEARS arrived today, they are a product designed by walkers in which they are giving away for absolutely free. However the best bit is, for every 1,000,000 ears given away £1,000,000 is going to be given to Comic Relief. Make sure you get yours now. If you are still not convinced why to get some here are a few pictures of my family showing them off! Enjoy!

In recent weeks I've also been saving my pennies up for a charity I am very closely associated with. So hopefully I'll be handing them a super cheque very soon.

Well, it's Liverpool vs Barcelona in 45 minutes and Mum is trying to rush me out of the door. I am getting a lift to Grandmas on there way to Redditch.
Chat soon and thanks for visiting,
Martin x x

Happy Anniversary to me!

I know I'm not married, but it's still my anniversary! One whole year of the Omlet Forum! I can't believe it's been a whole year, I've had some great opportunities and met some lovely people, so I would like to thank all of those on the forum. THANK YOU!

I'm so proud of the fact that I am a solid omleteer and I can't wait until the next get together at Jimmy's Farm in April. Yet on a smaller scale at the Farmers Market a week on Saturday!

I don't have much more to say. My back is still awful, many friends have called me to check how I was which I really appreciate! To recoup some of the money on the trip, my friend Oliver may be taking my place and then paying me back, which is better than losing the £270.

Anyhow, Thanks for dropping by!

Martin

I almost forgot, a new series starts tonight on BBC3 it's called Kill it, Cook it, Eat it. It's about the journey of an animal from birth to farm to abbatoir to plate!!! It starts at 10.30pm if you are interested.
Another 2 egg today!

Gutted

Well I have some bad news in which I want to get out of the way. I have been suffering with light back pain for about 2 weeks, however in the last few days it has got signifacantly worse! I went to the doctors on Friday and they said I need to be off school until it gets better and I also must miss the school trip to Paris from Thurday to Monday! So I'm quite upset. However Paris will always be there whereas you only get 1 back. As I am writing I just recieved a phone call from a friend, and he seems a bit dissapointed that I will not be able to go!

Not much else happening, I haven't been able to do anything! However I have sold 2 boxes of eggs this week. A nice little income of £3.20! Not to bad for 6 organic, free-range eggs!

Yesterday at regular intervals I struggled out of my chair to see the Lunar eclipse. It was difficult to get a picture myself but lookly somebody from the Omlet forum caught this stunning picture of it when it looked as if the moon was red. Here it is....

Well that is about it, I've got a week off from School but I have to go in to do my Maths Exam on Thursday morning.

Thanks for visiting,
Martin

Flippin Heck!

Back to school this week, but I was only there for 3 days because I had 2 school trips in the same week. I went on a Business Studies trip to Cadbury World on Thursday and that was really fun, the marketing lecture was really interesting and there was lots of free chocholate which kept us motivated! The day before I was part of a group of people who were representing our school in a regional competition to promote eco-friendly living. Unfortunately my group did not win, but nevertheless I still won a £10 HMV voucher and a coolbag!

After school on Tuesday I was meant to have Italian lessons but the teacher was ill so it was cancelled. At 7o'clock my parents and I went back to school for the French Trip Meeting. In two weeks I am going on a french trip to Paris for 4 days. You can be sure of a long blog when I return. Tuesday was also Shrove Tuesday, referred to many as Pancake Day. My family and I went to my Grandma's for a feast of pancakes, I stayed later than the rest of them to watch the football! Today however I made my own pancakes for the very first time, I was completly unsure of what to put into the mixture, and I was complety unsure about how much of which ingredient. So I chucked half a bowl of flour, a glass of milk, a duck egg and a pinch of salt together gave it a wisk and hoped for the best. I certainly got better than what I expected! They were delicious but slightly salty. Here are a couple of my picutres.

Today was carling cup final day, but instead of writing a report I'm going to leave you some pictures in order. You will see what happened!




















Goodnight,
Martin

Almost at an end, but I feel I've only just started.

Half Term is what I am refering to in the title. Sean and I go back to school on Monday, after just over a week break. It will be shattering to get up at 7am again, and not 11o'clock which I feel I am getting used to! Thankfully, I haven't had any major homework to complete over the period, just a bit of Technology coursework, but that's it, so I suppose I'm quite lucky, even though I haven't even done that yet. It's due for Wednesday, so I may either do it all tomorrow or do a bit each day.
Today I was up at 7.30 am to get ready for the local farmers market. My friend Mat slept at my house last night and he decided he would like to come too, however he was very scared (understatement) about meeting my friends from the Omlet Forum. They're all lovely, informative people. I'm so glad I have met them through the forum. Today was an extra special day because Buffie had come all the way from Buckinghamshire to visit, it's always nice to see Buffie, Mikey and Jazz, just like the rest of them, really. I had breakfast with them all, in the usual cafe, I had my usual omelette and cappucino. The good thing about this Cafe is that all of the food and drink are ORGANIC! The cafe is run by several fairly young people, and they are always very welcoming. After much chatter and natter, we finally proceeded onwards to the market. I bought some Water Buffalo Steak for my Dad and I, I bought some buffalo burgers last time and they were delicious, a really unusual but delicious taste, I can't wait to tuck into the steak. I also bought some Traditional Pork, apple and cider sausages, from one of the many local pig farmers in the area. They were a very good price too, which is even better. My Dad and I are going to have them for breakfast tomorrow with one of the duck eggs I bought from Lesley. Talking of purchases from Lesley, I also bought some coloured egg boxes. They look fantastic, they certainly make a box of eggs more interesting. I'm thinking of designing some labels and sticking them on the top, with a fact, suggestion or tip stuck onto the inside lid of the box. I'll let you know how it goes with that. I bought 20! 6 x Yellow, 6 x Green, 4 x Blue, 4 x Pink. Here's a quick picture that I have just been to take.

I am now able to sell 1/2 a dozen eggs, I'm going to be selling 6 eggs for £1.60 and 4 eggs for £1.20. I have 14 hen eggs in storage at the moment, so I'm ready for my 1/2 dozen sale. I'm hoping my nan will buy some tomorrow, and hopefully my auntie, because it's my cousins birthday party, so we're going for a meal at a local pub/restaurant near Evesham, which shall be fun!
Today I also managed to packet up the potting shed seed swap ready for postage. I'm really sorry to those who are waiting, it is unfortunate that I was ill for a while since I've had it and then up to my ears in coursework!
Talking of pots and seeds, today I also learnt how to make a pot out of paper, I'm really proud, and I'm going to plant something in it when I get chance.

Well, thanks for visiting. I bet you weren't expecting a posting so soon after the last one!

Thanks for reading,
Martin

Almost a month! Not quite!

I suppose I owe you all a lovely post all about the happenings here on the farm.

I've been up to so much, I've been sorting out my seeds ready for the new growing season. I hope to get my allotment in April, which I am really looking forward to, so I hope there is room for me on the site. As I'm not up the lottie yet, I'm going to have a bash at growing small vegetables such as, minitaure carrots, raddish, herbs and spring onions in things such as jam jars, butter tubs, yoghurt pots! It will be quite interesting to see the results!

Lesley and Carly are fabulous! They've really been enjoying themselves recently, gobbling corn and destroying the garden. Lesley has been a non-stop laying machine recently, supplying plenty of eggs for making curds, cakes or just scrambled egg on toast! Whereas, on the other hand there is Carly, who untill today hadn't laid in a few weeks! Carly eats the most corn, the most grass, and does the most damage and gives nothing in return! Typical! Good job that we love her!

Last Thursday was SNOW DAY, this meant a day off school, just before the beggining of Half Term anyway! Sean and I had fun in the snow all day, building two huge snowmen, making snow angles and of course the unbeatable snow ball fights. The animals weren't too impressed with the snow, but on the Friday, when the sun was still at large, I lured the chickens out of the eglu and into the snow to play, using a few handfuls of corn as bait! They fall for it every bedtime too, chickens aren't very intelligent if I'm honest! :D
Here are a few of the pictures that my father or I took whilst we were in the snow.

The first snowman was the smallest.

This is Sean and I supporting the second ball onto the first ball.

]Strange footprints in the snow. I swear my shoes don't look like this...

So this explains it, a gingernut and a pepperpot eating corn in the sand.

Today Grandma, Grandad, Paul, Sean and I had planned to visit the RAF Museum at Cosford in the West Midlands. They've just opened a new exhibition about the cold war and we were looking forward to going there, when we arrived the gates were shut. The people in front of us were being told something but we didn't know what, then that car turned around so we anticipated the worst, the illuminous figure aproached the car and told us that the museum was closed due to a technical failure, IT'S ONLY BEEN OPEN A FEW DAYS! So that was our day spoilt, we then went to Telford Shopping Centre and had lunch, and I also bought a football magazine! When we returned home, I watched the episode of "Grow your own Veg", from Carol Klein's latest series, I find it very interesting and unfortunately it was the last in the series! However talking of Television I'm very much looking forward to "Dragon's Den" tomorrow on BBC2 at 8o'clock. It's a programme where budding entrepenaurs take their ideas to the "Dragons" (successfull entrepenaurs. Duncan Bannontyne, Richard Farley, Deborah Meaden, Theo Paphitis and Peter Jones) trying to secure funding to expand their business, with the Dragons obtaining a certain percentage of shares. It's a good watch and I would highly reccomend it! :D

Well that's all, Sean's pestering me over my shoulder, so I better go. Take care of yourselves and I'll hopefully log on soon. I'm in the process of a website, so hopefully that will keep us more in touch.

Best Wishes,
Martin

A whole month..

I knew it had been a while since I last posted on the blog but I didn't know it was a whole month! So it look's like we have a lot to catch up on doesn't it.

I had a really great christmas, I got everything I wanted. I recieved almost 20 books. 4 of them were cook books, I also got 5 Hugh Fearnly Whittingstall books, It's not easy being green, and "The allotment book". I also got a new _____. More of that later....

On boxing day I went up to watch Tottenham vs Aston Villa at White Hart Lane. We were at Villa Park for 8 because it was an early kick off so we left this early to allow time to stop on the way to London too. I had a really nice pie at half time, one of the best I've ever had. We lost the game 2-1 in the end but it was a really good day out. I returned home that day to a repeat of Christmas dinner. Endless veg and the meat from Lesley's home-reared organic, free-range chicken. It was delicious. The stock made a scrumptious gravy! Yum Yum!

On 27th December I decided to have a play with my main present, here it is......

There it is all set up and in it's glory. It took my dad and I about an hour to dis-assemble the green eglu and then prepare the ground and then set up the purple eglu. I was a bit reluctant to let the chooks free range because the ground was practically waterlogged. But I did and they enjoyed it.

On 28th December we set off for our winter break to sunny Lanzarote. It's such a beautiful place, and really interesting too. There are over 100 volcanoes on the Island, compare that to Great Britain's 1. We stayed in a Villa near Playa Blanca, it was really nice. It had a big, deep pool which was good fun. The break also gave me some time to do some reading. I read Jimmy Doherty's a taste of the country and HFW's Meat Book, both of which were very interesting. On new years eve we stopped inside, and watched the fireworks from the Villa. New Years Day however we went out at Lunchtime to watch Liverpool vs Bolton at the pub, and in the evening we went out for a chinese at a really small, but nice restaurant, it was delicious. On the 2nd January we went to the pub in the evening to watch Aston Villa vs Chelsea, a 0-0 draw was a good result. My highlight of the holiday was on the Tuesday. We decided to visit the Timanfaya fire mountains. At about 11o'clock we pulled up to see hundreds of camels taking people for rides up the mountains. I had a ride too it was so fun, a bit bumpy but it was a great experience. It's such a shame that the camera battery ran out. It would have been nice to share the photo. The fire mountains themselves were so pretty, there were so many shape and colour formations that it was almost untrue! I also saw the world biggest man made babeque, a huge whole in the volcano floor with a grill over it, barbequing the food with it's natural heat. It was a shame to come home on the 4th especially with school only around the corner.

I didn't do too much for the rest of the holiday, I went to the farmers market on the saturday and bought some lovely sausages which I had with eggs in a sandwich. I also planned to get some more chickens but unfortunately the weather was horrible so I had to postpone.

The only other big news is that I've had my brace taken off. I'm back at the orthadontist tomorrow though for a check up and to have a support fixed in.

I'm up to my head with maths coursework and technology homework, so this post was a bit of a welcome break.

Thanks for reading,
Martin

Just a quicky!

Not alot today.

The Jam went well and it's probably the best set I've ever had, so I'm pleased!

Sorry it's short,
Martin

A lot to tell!

Wow!

I haven't posted in ten days! If you carry on reading you'll know why!

On Monday I have my French Speaking Exam which counts as 12.5% towards my final GCSE. It's very nerve racking. It's taken me 3 weeks to write and now I only have until Monday to learn it by heart. I'm really nervous, I'll definately be practising non-stop this weekend. I also need to shorten it because we have 5 minutes to do it in and it takes me 4 minutes 44 seconds to read it off a sheet. It will be natural to fumble, mumble and panic so I want to leave at least 45seconds to allow for that.

Last Friday we travelled down to Ipswich as a Family, and we stayed in the travelodge. On Saturday Morning we had Breakfast at the Little Chef (who now serve all their products with free-range eggs and outdoor reared British Sausages aswell, bravo!). After breakfast we met up with some people from the Omlet Forum at Jimmy's Farm. It was his Christmas Market and I had a great day working for the BHWT (Battery Hen Welfare Trust). I was shaking my bucket and shouting "Save a Hen this Christmas", the BHWT also had a stall in the Market which was run by the Omleteers!
I have selected a few photos to share with you.





The view of Jimmy's Farm from the nature trail. You can see the derilect Farmhouse in the background along with some stalls and plenty of chicken arks.






I met Dolly, he was wrestling Christmas Trees into nets, but he was more than happy to talk and pose for a photo.





I also had my photo taken with Jimmy. He is so kind, and he signed my book for me which was really nice of him.

On the day I was also given an official letter of thank you from the BHWT, who had aknowledged all of my efforts throughout the year. I'm going to get it framed.

When I got home, it looked like someone had been in the garden and moved some things about. Don't worry. It was only Roy the Omlet delivery man who left my Christmas present on the doorstep!





How cool is that! A purple eglu!
Lesley and Carly move in on 25th December! They also have some space to rent out to other chooks, and they hope to move some more in with them in January!

It's great getting back to basics. I'm making Strawberry Jam for the first time in about 2 or 3 months.

It's good to be back on the blog. See you tomorrow...

I promise!

Thanks for reading,
Martin

What time of day are you?

You Are Sunset

Even though you still may be young, you already feel like you've accomplished a lot in life.And you feel free to pave your own path now, and you're not even sure where it will take you.Maybe you'll pursue higher education in a subject you enjoy - or travel the world for a few years.Either way, you approach life with a relaxed, open attitude. And that will take you far!

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I just found this on Mrs.Nesbitts blog and had to do it for myself!
Martin

Busy Sunday

I appologise again for not being able to post on here much but I should be back daily again very soon.
Yesterday I hosed the eglu and rablu ready for todays visit of Daniella and Kevin. They are a young couple from Solihull who are interested in purchasing an eglu after seeing it on the Paul O'Grady Show. Which is quite cool. They arrived at about 11:40 and stayed for a further 45 minues looking at the eglu size, set up and of course the beautiful chickens and rabbits. They are thinking of buying a green one in January. I was unbelievably nervosus just before they arrived, I was scared I would completely put them off keeping chickens for life. Fortubately I answered all their questions and they already had a bit of knowledge about chicken welfare. They were also very passionate about where their food comes from, so overall it was very enjoyable and we had a lot in common. I need to contact Omlet now to tell them all about it and hopefully get a reward like others have before me!

Yesterday I met up with Clare, Rosie, Sally, Emma, Maurice, Lesley, Carl, Lauren and Jake at the Organic Cafe before going around the farmers market. I bought some bacon to have for my breakfast and some mushrooms from the mushroom man. I also gave Clare the money for the bag she got for me. It's lovely, made of cotton with the Omlet chicken and logo on. Emma also gave me a (colour can not be named) glug and grub and some pumpkin seeds, and an unexpected Christmas Present, which inspired me to start writing some cards and purchasing some gifts.

When I got back from the Farmers Market I went straight out to Solihull with my Mum and brother to buy some Christmas things. I bought some Organic Chocholates from Thorntons for a few friends and also a few birthday presents for those who have Birthday near Christmas. These are all now wrapped.

I just thought I'd let you know that I made my own lasagne for lunch today. I improvised hugely using organic egg lasagne, red pepper chutney, mild cheese and mushrooms. No meat unfourtunately. I was very pleased with the outcome, it was delicious!

Only just over 5 days until Jimmy's farm.

Oh yes and advent has started aswell. Very hectic weekend.

Thanks for reading and God Bless,
Martin

Been a long time.

I've been a very naughty blogger and I haven't been around much to post updates. I've been busy but not busy enough to interest all of my loyal readers.

I've made Lemonade a few times using a very simple recipe I found on a certain forum and it tastes delicious. I hope to be more creative this week and I have a lot planned, including creating a logo for putting on my jams for 2007.

Thanks for Reading,
Martin

Yes Jam.

Good evening everybody. Especially to those who discovered my blog in Music today and have been addicted ever since.

Today has been pretty long. Well not reallly any longer than every other day it just felt longer unfortunately.

School was pretty much straight forward and I came home to make some preserves!

I firstly used up some of the satsumas on the table to make some satsuma jam, before trying a new and improved recipe for my lemon curd. They're both delicious, I just need to try them out on people now which should be exciting.

This is one of the jars of satsuma jam I made next to some duck eggs.

The chickens are really enjoying the expanded ranging area, and there are some craters near to the edge of the fencing. "The great Escape" may only be around the corner. I let them out to Free-Range as soon as I got up and my Dad locked them up when he went to work and then I let them out for thirty minutes when I got home from school which was just as it was getting dark.

Georgeous Carly.

Thanks for reading more tommorow,
Martin

Busy Weekend!

First of all I would like to appologise for not posting in a while.

I had a hectic weekend of travelling and watching football, and from all the shouting at both matches I've unfortunately lost my voice. Typical.

On Friday I visited the local rugby clubs firework display. It was a bit expensive at £3 per head and I could already see the fireworks from my bedroom window and I don't think any of it was going to charity which was a bit selfish of them. It was a very cold night but I had lots of fun meeting and talking to people who used to go to my old junior school. I left the rugby club at about 9.30pm because I had a very early morning to follow. However my friend Mat stayed overnight so we was up quite late talking and using the computer.

When Saturday morning came I was up at 7am to have a shower and t0 get ready to meet Lesley, Carl, Clare T, Rosie, Emma and Maurice at the Organic cafe in Stratford before heading off to the farmers market. I had to be in a rush because I was meeting relatives in Derby for lunch before going off to the football. Derby won 2-1 against West Brom.
On Saturday Emma adopted 4 ex-battery hens and re-homed them in a luxurious purple eglu. Fantastic well done Emma.

On Sunday I had to get up early AGAIN because I was going to watch Aston Villa play Blackburn which was quite exciting. I had a duck egg for breakfast, poached. I had brought the eggs from Lesley on Saturday and I would like to thank Mindy for the great eggs. The one I have had so far was delicious and I hope the rest are just as good!

The egg was easier to traditionally poach than a hen egg, and it looks absolutely perfect. I could't help sharing a picture of the eggs the lushious blue colour really does look attractive.

Sunday afternoon, I went to Aston Villa and we won 2-0 with Gareth Barry scoring from the penalty spot and Juan Pablo Angel with an excellent finish just after half time.

Another late night and a continually sore throat.

Today I went to school for lesson 1. Then I came home to go to the orthadontist for a check up on my brace. They said all is well and it should be almost finished and that is really positive. I then came home for about an hour to have some lunch. I also got to errect the chicken netting I bought on Saturday. It gives the chickens a much bigger area and they seem to have really enjoyed roaming around without pooing on the step or coming into the house.

Here are a few pictures I took.

The first one shows the eglu and rablu and you can just about see the netting border. The other is a rare snap of the front side of Lesley.

Another tiring day and I've jsut got back from Stratford after having my hair cut and delivering some eggs to my grandparents.

Thanks for reading, hopefully more to follow tomorrow.

Martin

Almost Friday

Another day with very little to talk about but unfortunately I have some bad news which I shall save untill the end.

I haven't had a lot to do, I've watched River Cottage and been on the Omlet Forum alot but that's good enough for me. I have a busy weekend so this blog should be very eventful.

I've also recieved some oranges from my Nan which will allow me to make my first batch of Marmalade. Super! I hope it tastes nice, I may even do a step by step!

Now the bad news..

Unexpectedly our second youngest rabbit (of 4) has passed away. My Dad discovered him dead in the eglu run whilst Sean and I were at school. We were both very shocked and Sean was very upset. It is such a shame and I'll miss tickling his belly and lovely paws. It also leaves Kevin lonely in the rablu so I suppose we shall have to get a new male rabbit for him to play with. Doobie will be sorely missed.

Thanks for reading,
Martin

Not the greatest picture but all I can find really. Doobie is the white rabbit and his friend Kevin is the grey rabbit. This picture was took only a week ago. Rest in Peace Doobie.

Love you x x x x x

Not alot to talk about

Today all I seem to have done is work. I went to school and then came home to finish my R.E project on Marriage. At school I continued to make my bird table and I've got most of the wood pieces cut out, I just need to assemble them now. I'll try to take some pictures on the school camera next time I have Technology.

After the work I went round to my nans to watch Manchester United, but it was a really boring game. Science exam in the morning. Oh Joy!

What a boring day,
The only thing to put a good smile on my face was a good sized Carly egg. 5-4 to Lesley though. Come on Girls.

Thanks for reading.
Martin