Five of my new little hens are now laying little beginner-sized eggs. It is quite exciting to come home from work and go out to the nest boxes to see how many eggs there are. Four of their little eggs weigh about the same as three average ones from the older hens.

I was listening to a news programme on the tv about the new government and its aims. A politician was saying that the people of Britain need to save lots more money because of the economic downturn but at the same time need to spend more in order to bolster industry. The government (and the last one) seem to want Britain to keep on being a consumer society. This does not sit well with me. We can't keep on consuming more and more. I'd like my grandchildren's grandchildren to have a little bit of planet left to live on and at the rate we are going - there won't be much left. And why do politicians want people to end up in debt? How does that help the country? Why can't they encourage us to live responsibly and be more self reliant? How can we develop a stable economy if it is based on consumer debt?

Grrrrrr!