There's one thing to be said about life on my little urban smallholding; it's far from boring. There's always something new to sow, chickens to clean or a project to start.

Smallholding Diaries gives you a little glimpse into my life. The 'homestead' is only a back garden so there's not enough for a daily vlog. Instead, I take a one minute video every day for Instagram and then cut them together.

This is week 23.....

Quails

The Coturnix quail are growing fast. I have five that are now 7 weeks so it's time to identify the males to be culled for the freezer. The last group of the year are now 2 weeks old - it's incredible how fast they grow!

Vegetables

In the veggie patch, the seasonal change means I'm moving away from summery salads and tomatoes and towards winter crops. I've got a final planting of lettuce to pop out, whilst I'm starting to harvest my first ever turnips! Purple Top Milan has turned out great. Snowball? I have NO idea what happened there but it's a dismal failure.

Meanwhile, I'm busy harvesting sunflower seeds as you might have seen in the article Harvesting Sunflower Seeds, whilst the last compost heap turn of the year is here. I don't like to turn it any later in case I disturb hibernating creatures like hedgehogs, slow worms or frogs.

Budgies

As you know, my two pairs of budgies have been protesting against me by not laying eggs - Budgie Breeding Sagas. So I spent Friday scrubbing down an old indoor flight I'd been keeping chicks in and then hauled it up the stairs yesterday and popped all four birds in together.

Well Venus has already begun exploring nestboxes - though she's been doing this for months. But here's hoping that with more birds in her flight, she find the need to lay!

Until next time!

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