Ducks with blackcurrant

Set to work today to make use of the blackcurrant glut

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Only five kilos would fit in the pan for the first batch

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boiled

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strained

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caught

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bottled

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an elixir results

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(Thanks to Cathy Ashley at Permaculture)

Today the postman brought these

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June has been broody the last couple of days so we moved her to a maternity unit where she  immediately perked up and wanted to rejoin her flock

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we do have the incubator in reserve.

Elsewhere on the plot today we have…

Aubergines
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and
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