first came the chickens......

......ok so i'm not completly new to the concept of self-sufficiency i remember my mum and dad growing peas and other veg when we were young, granted the peas were snapped from their shoots and eaten on the way to school and never made it onto the dinner plate!! I also remember my granny visting and taking loads of plums home with her and then us getting some jam...don't recall eating it though and i made some very yummy sloe gin last year although need to make much more this year as it was very nice undeed! So it's not an alien concept, it's just putting it in to practice, so we have just taken in 3 chickens....growing 3 tomato plants kindly given to me by my friend Heidi, and are looking forward to our 2nd crop of apples from our two trees, but after watching river cottage spring i am planning to turn my attentions to the elderberry tree whch is taking over the garden and will make some elderflower champagne, i am also eyeing up a small area which may be good for some vegatables (until my allotment space arrives)....so here we are lots of fab ideas which i hope will make life fun and enjoyable for the radders and provide some yummy scrummy delights for us all.