Oh - it's worse than I thought. 2 hens - (Jamie calls them Gertrude and Gloria) turned up on the perch in our box - in the night. We found them next morning and Seecil and I have been giving them a tough time since. Pulling their combs and generally letting them know they are not welcome. However they don't seem to be going away, and Jamie wants to protect them from our growling and attacking! We were all shut in together for a day, so what could you expect us to do! They are now allowed out in our garden! Sigh! Jamie is picking cucumber and green beans and putting more soil and stuff in one of the gardens- for winter veges she says. And that's Gloria!!

I can hear other hens very close by and Jamie is being very secretive. This is worrying. She is crowing though about the runner bean harvest and has picked her first Zucchini and cucumber! Tomatoes very slow though and the ones in the glasshouse are sick!