Greatbluehopefuls nest box 2019 & 2020 - Kildare,Ireland

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!!!



GBH, I grew an oak tree from an acorn and there is another oak growing in my back garden from an acorn that fell from the big tree. They are both about 10 to 12 feet high. They don't appear to be hard to grow so next year you can save a few acorns and grow a few  in a pot.