Waiting for Spring

 A second lamb arrived late on Tuesday night, so just one to go now in this first batch. A single again, this time male.

I've pulled out the incubator, and loaded it with our own Copper Marans eggs this time. Last year I did a couple of trial runs with bought in eggs, with mixed results, so I'm hoping this will go smoothly, and we'll have some new birds, and maybe even a surplus to sell.

Sowing in the propagator is going painfully slowly, I just can't find my mojo with it this year, and I know I'll be kicking myself in a week or two when it's mid-March and I'm feeling terribly behind. It's been hard to get out and do much on the 'allotment' because the ground is so wet, but there are a good few overdue tasks, like pruning soft fruit back, and endless bed preparation.

I seem to be operating in slow motion. I'll be glad when spring comes, and hope it will wake me up and reinvigorate me a bit. We've had one sunny day and I did feel a lot better, and get a fair bit done that day, so there's hope!