Author Archives: Carol

The mixture of sun and rain has made the garden so lush. We have also taken out a lot of pulmonaria and replaced it with more interesting plants which has injected a bit of variety and colour. In the distance … Continue reading →

The chicks are visibly growing before our very eyes. They can jump up and down on the hamster cage platform with ease now. The two silkies are faster growing than the frizzle who is noticeably smaller than them at the … Continue reading →

Today Cinnamon has started taking notice of the chicks. She has been pacing up and down the wire desperate to find a way in. It’s typical that it’s our smallest girl that wants to get at them. Cinnamon was the … Continue reading →

I have researched far and wide trying to find another serama breeder. I talked to the secretary of the serama club and she has been looking for me but nothing came of that. I tried the breeder that Sophie got … Continue reading →

Emerald is laying every other day like clockwork at the moment. She is very happy to share a nest box with one of the little girls. Usually it is Dandelion but today it was Freckles. They looked so sweet sat … Continue reading →

The garden is really lush at the moment after the recent rain followed by recent sun. I bought some inexpensive freesias as I love the scent of them. They looked a bit sparse in the vase so I added some … Continue reading →

A month ago I did a post about the baby slow worms in the garden. They were really tiny, about the size of worms. Yesterday I saw a much bigger one sunning itself on the plant that is next to … Continue reading →

Two years ago we had our garden path laid. Before we had the path redone it was just concrete that over time had cracked and broken. Beside our next door neighbour’s fence was a channel of smooth concrete that the fence … Continue reading →

Yesterday Emerald and Dandelion wanted to lay their eggs at the same time. I went to check on them and they had both settled together in the same nest box. It is heart warming to see how well the girls … Continue reading →

Yesterday while I was in the chicken run and my husband was outside we suddenly saw a baby robin in the run. It appeared to have flown through the weld mesh but was in the corner with the perch above … Continue reading →