I'm feeling inspired

I'm reading Josh Byrne's "The Green Gardener" and have spent some time at Kindy looking at their garden today, and I'm feeling rather inspired! I just cant wait until June 16th, when that HUGE elm will go, to see the sunshine on our grass again. What a wonderous amount of light we will have, perfect winter light for growing veges, and keeping chookies. I'm very excited about it all. I am also considering getting a hand saw, to cut some more Oleander down. It's just so huge.

So now, next on my list to do, is to contact demolition yards to try to source cypress sleepers or large planks. If I can get some for half the price second hand, then I will buy them and build my vege beds twice the height (40cm instead of 20cm).

Second on my list is to contact the chicken breeders & find out if I can get some day old chicks, and the people at City Chicks to order a coup . The breed I am interested in is called Belgian Bantam (Barbu D'Uccle) and I have been corresponding with the Belgian Bantam Club of Australia's Secretary, who has been answering questions and has given me some contacts. However, she did mention that some breeders will not let the chickens go until 3 - 5 months of age.

Ideally we wanted to have the chickies inside from day old to watch them grow, photograph, observe their size, what they eat, and generally enjoy them from such a young age.
I had the idea of buying 10, and then hopefully between 4 and 6 will be female, and we would give the cocks back. We'll see!

Anyway, the housework calls, as the baby is asleep, so like everything else, I will have to put that bit of research off 'till later!!