Welcome

Every now and then I'll see my friends' and families' eyes glaze over as I tell them the latest about my chooks, worms or veggie garden. They're not trying to be rude, it's just not their passion like it is mine. So I thought I would start my own little space to tell people who DO want to hear about what's going on in our back/front yard. 

For now I'll introduce myself, and give you a brief look into the people and animals that inhabit our house, and in the next post I'll individually introduce us all. 

I'm Julie, or JuJu if you ask my niece. My husband Eddie and I live in a little log cabin in Gippsland, Victoria. For now instead of children we have birds and chooks :) a love of mine that my OH lovingly supports, albeit grudgingly at times when the fridge and kitchen bench fill up with scraps and food for them. 

We have 5 parrots: a 7 yr old cockatiel named Mali, 2 5 year old Green Cheek Conures named Tika and Rory, a 4 year old Indian Ring Neck named Luna (or Lulu depending on the day) and the baby of the family Adria who is an Alexandrine Parrot and surprises us every day with how smart she is. Adria will be 1 in September. 

We also have 5 chickens: a 6 year old Silkie x Polish Bantam named Henrietta/Hettie (who recently just started laying eggs again!), a 5 year old Pekin Bantam Sooty, 2 Australorp x RIRs named Betsy and Beatrice and a Hyline Brown named Ginger, the last three are around 6 months old and have really perked up the older two. 

That's enough for now, I'll be back soon with pictures and proper introductions of our birds and chooks, as well as a bit of a tour of the veggie patch, chicken coop and worm farm. 

Love Jules x