Author Archives: Carol

This August bank holiday, which is the last bank holiday of the year, has been a lovely sunny one. Usually as soon as a bank holiday comes around it rains. This time we had some rain during the week and … Continue reading →

After I wrote yesterday’s post Freckles laid an egg. She is our best egg layer. We then had to buy some shop eggs as a catering customer had requested a plain, sliced egg, sandwich. I know I have done comparisons … Continue reading →

For Sunday breakfast we had bacon and eggs with the last of the little girl’s eggs. There has been a slow down at the moment as Rusty is moulting and not laying, Cinnamon had her second, one day broody spell, … Continue reading →

Dandelion has been laying thin shelled eggs right from when she started laying. She is clueless about laying and right from the start she would sit in a nest box then lay an egg in the run or lay an … Continue reading →

We pruned the shrub that grows in the chicken run as it had grown through the weld mesh and was looking a bit odd. The girls like to reach up from the branch perch and peck at the leaves so … Continue reading →

We have had the best crop of tomatoes for many years. They are abundant but, due to a lack of sun, have been taking ages to ripen. I have been taking a few indoors and keeping them in a cool, … Continue reading →

Our broad bean plants were finished and looked ugly but we didn’t want to remove them and leave the space empty. As soon as there is an empty space the neighbourhood cats use it as a toilet. In fact they … Continue reading →

I have just dug up the last early potato plant. I was amazed to find a couple of huge potatoes. I think that due to a very wet July and August this year we have had the best potatoes, tomatoes … Continue reading →

Our next door neighbour’s tree was a monster. We have lived here for eleven years and in that time it had doubled in size. It was overhanging our garden and the garden on the other side. It blotted out the … Continue reading →

Sometimes planting just doesn’t work as out as you see it in your head. When we had the path done last summer I felt we needed something alongside the chicken’s dandelion strip to edge the new path. I planted mint … Continue reading →