I realised we had them before our holiday – but we were off that day and time was tight as I had a bouncy castle out that day and it had to be collected right before we got in a taxi to the airport so I just hosed down the Eglus and threw a load of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘chickens’
5 Jun
House & Garden
Well first the garden – I've been busy out in the veg garden and all of the following are doing well. sweetcorn brocolli cauliflower peas runner beans strawberries rasberries onions beetroot spinach onions tomatoes Also in but not up yet I've got leeks, carrots and cucumber. The asparagus beds are on their second year and [...]
6 Apr
Spring Things
Well Clara Clucker has gone broody so she was straight in the broody cage today - not looking best pleased either. It was a good chance to give her a cuddle though – she really is a timid little hen. P1070272 Heres a couple of other snaps of the garden and hens – check out the [...]
5 Apr
More Geocaching
Yesterday James and I went Geocaching again. We started with a towny one during our shopping trip – James has the cache in his hand – its the size of a film case and contained just a log book for signing – even though he knew there was no treasure to be found James was [...]
3 Apr
A fine finished stack
P1070246 Yes it's finished. The Nature stack that took me over a year to start took just a few days to build. The next stage was to add a waterproof layer above what I'd build so far. I didn't have any roofing felt etc but I did have some old lino which when on top [...]
8 Mar
Yet more cupcakes!
Well the party is a week away and I've now made all the cupcakes. They are iced and in the freezer with the exception of the ones that are going to be iced with cream – I'll do them on the day. This week I've made another batch of Nigellas cherry chocolate ones (with cherry [...]
17 Oct
An Autumn Mow
Mowing the lawn after a tough week of teaching teenagers continues to be a very relaxing time for me. At this time of year I don't mow short but I do also use the mower to "hoover" up the leaves. It's satisfying to clear them and enjoy the smel of freshy mown grass as I [...]
26 Sep
Aaaah more jam!
In my lovely new freecycled jam pan – if you are reading this – thanks again for the jam pan, it's going to be put to good use! I finished my crab apple jelly and it was so much easier in the new pan. Also it was easier to wash! I need to think about [...]
22 Sep
Fenced in!
fenced in After several weeks of getting it just right we now have the girls "fenced in" to the garden, that is off the patio ouside Mums and away from our back doors. They were spending so much time there it was just too pooey and when it rains they were sheltering under the [...]
31 Aug
Chickens & Garden
Queens Pickle Bunny Well the chickens are all doing well, the Queens are settling in nicely and now sleeping in the main run. We have 2 chickens moulting at the moment, Pickle who was the least feathered Batty girl is now moulting but already I can see feathers forming on the top of her [...]
