Author Archives: Carol

Some of you may remember that I did a post about Little Mouse in the spring. We had been seeing a little field mouse in the garden and on the veg plot. I then started seeing it in the chicken … Continue reading →

We still have quite a bit of colour in the garden. There are the asters and there are a few wisps of late lavender and some yellow poppies still flowering. The rose that I had for my fiftieth birthday was … Continue reading →

Since we have lowered the back perch in the chicken shed all the girls apart from Freckles have roosted there. For the last two nights there has been a slight change in the line up. Apricot broke away from Dandelion … Continue reading →

Earlier this week we changed the perch at the back of the chicken shed. Things never go according to plan and we found that the job wasn’t as simple as I thought it would be. Because we had two parallel  … Continue reading →

I can’t believe that we are still getting courgettes from our veg plot. I have ready cooked dishes, with courgettes in the freezer, but as I am picking the last ones which are smaller in size, I have been finding … Continue reading →

Yesterday was a weird day for weather. The storm Ophelia swept through the west of the country. Although we are on the East of the country and the storm missed us it’s effects were seen over the whole of the … Continue reading →

There is a fair bit of moulting going on at the moment. Emerald and Speckles seem to have been having a long drawn out moult. They are both still losing some feathers and Emerald has pin feathers on her bottom. … Continue reading →

The new bedtime routine has been the same for the last four nights now. Excuse the crazy angle, that’s down to me. The perch is level but taking the photos in the dark with a flash I can’t tell exactly … Continue reading →

Emerald has definitely been showing her age lately. She spends much more time perching or sitting than she used to and she doesn’t join in with the greens and apple unless she happens to be already on the patio area. … Continue reading →

For a long time the bedtime line up has remained unchanged. Freckles continues to perch on the perch on the left that she used to share with Rusty. Speckles and Emerald always perch on the back perch behind her. Dandelion … Continue reading →