Blanche....a hen scorned

The problem with working nights when the weather is lovely is that you often forgo sleep for outside chores. Today I have finished planting the rest of the sweetcorn, beetroot,yellow and red peppers and butternut squash.So apart from the more delicate French beans,tomatoes and salad crops I have a ton of vegetables winging their way into the fields vegetable plots.
So far there are early,second early and main crop potatoes,broad beans,peas,sugar snap peas,runner beans,parsnips,peppers,marrow,pumpkin,beetroot,cabbage,broccoli,purple sprouting broccoli,cabbage,red cabbage,sprouts,raspberries,gooseberries,rhubarb,spinach,onions,shallots,garlic,celery,salad

leaves,lettuce,sweetcorn,a selection of herbs and lavender, the gladioli bed and a sweet pea "wall"

Tried to get a close up of the ducklings for the blog this afternoon too, but Blanche was having non of it and re-acted magnificently to my efforts to grab one of her little ones. In actual fact she "attacked" me twice quite effectively pecking my fingers sharply and positioning herself between me and her hysterical babies.
The ducklings are now 9 days old and seem a great deal taller and more robust. The dogs spent a sunny day in the spare poultry enclosure, much to the confusion of graveyard visitors, who are used to seeing the ducks flapping around.