ducks, no dig gardening and a whole lota rain

on the weekend we got 3 ducks, the little white girl is called jemima puddle duck (and ironicly shes the only one who loves the pond so far) the male is bennys and he called it ajax. our last girl were still deciding on a name for

we whipped up their home out of an old cupboard. a few cuts, a whole lot of staples later its a cozy little bed for them to sleep at night. they are so adorable and very cudly (they arent easy to catch yet but as soon as youve picked them up their quite happy

heres dad with all the chookies.

my garden project at the moment has been setting up no-dig garden beds (as ive mentioned before our soil is very clay so no-dig gardens are a great solution for this).

the most fun one has been potatoes, i love being able to shift away the straw and see whats happening "under ground", very cool to see tiny potatoes forming and shoots reaching for the light.

ill take some photos of them to share. in fact im adding on to a garden bed tomorrow, if i remember ill do a little tutorial on how ive been doing mine

this is what i got benny for his birthday, a dart board. hes very happy with it