Greatbluehopefuls nest box 2019 & 2020 - Kildare,Ireland
May 30, 2020 13:57:49 GMT
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Post by greatbluehopeful on May 30, 2020 13:57:49 GMT
Well...the "treating myself" didn't stop with the trail camera.... 
I've just gone and bought a 20ft high Irish Oak tree at a local nursery. Its about 10 years old, so it is a really nice size....I'm thrilled about it!!!
I was going to take cuttings from a local tree, and try to grow my own, but Oaks are hard to propagate and it would take years and years for it to grow to a decent size.
When I saw this one this morning, I just thought what the hell. And it wasn't expensive at all actually - but I'm suspecting it was priced wrong, but the fella didn't seem to care???
That's it there in the centre of the picture....its in a large pot, so we can take our time to decide where it goes but I think I'm going to place it on its own, out in the back garden and put a seat arrangement around it....with bluebells at its base.
I have ALWAYS wanted to do that!!!!
Next on our list - the chicken coop.
We are designing it this weekend and will order the wood next week and himself will build it over the next few weeks. We have a chicken rescue place who advertise every few months, and this time we want to be ready.
Anyway, here is a little video of my trio of chicks this morning...even more mature again!!!
I've just gone and bought a 20ft high Irish Oak tree at a local nursery. Its about 10 years old, so it is a really nice size....I'm thrilled about it!!!
I was going to take cuttings from a local tree, and try to grow my own, but Oaks are hard to propagate and it would take years and years for it to grow to a decent size.
When I saw this one this morning, I just thought what the hell. And it wasn't expensive at all actually - but I'm suspecting it was priced wrong, but the fella didn't seem to care???
That's it there in the centre of the picture....its in a large pot, so we can take our time to decide where it goes but I think I'm going to place it on its own, out in the back garden and put a seat arrangement around it....with bluebells at its base.
I have ALWAYS wanted to do that!!!!
Next on our list - the chicken coop.
We are designing it this weekend and will order the wood next week and himself will build it over the next few weeks. We have a chicken rescue place who advertise every few months, and this time we want to be ready.
Anyway, here is a little video of my trio of chicks this morning...even more mature again!!!