Nettles and stuff

Just had a couple of hours chopping nettles in the ditch next to the hen hut,unfortunately hens will eat anything but nettles,and I have to chop them down around three times a year,so they can get out through the ditch to the field,I notice cows don't eat them either,and yet the tree huggers keep telling us to cook them up and eat them!
The weather is sunny but a cold wind blowing from the north is keeping down the temperature,it is supposed to be warmer tomorrow,though the nettle chopping had me sweating,almost as much as buying a pint in a pub.
Sophie the dog has turned into a mole catcher over in Kansas City,we could do with her here,I noticed a few mole hills in the dyke/ditch so I think there may be a lot of worms to be had,hens love them and gulp em down like spaghetti,(worms not moles)so much for todays nature study,other news is Le Blade is on the internet with his house,so its shortly goodye to him,and I shan't have a playmate down here.
I did find a stone cottage at midhopestone but when I noticed the grade 2 listed building bit did not pursue the matter,though I only looked at it to kid Le blade I was moving onto the pennines,which it has to be said is spectacular scenery.