Author Archives: Carol

Since we have had the little girls, by which I mean the seramas, Rusty and Freckles have always perched on their own perch on the left hand side of the shed and Cinnamon, Dandelion and Apricot have always perched on … Continue reading →

As we suspected the fourth and final arch was a really difficult one to do. There is so much weight in the rose and it is so thorny. It took us until nearly dinner time, yesterday evening, to finish it … Continue reading →

We are now on a roll with this project. Luckily we are having a quiet week, work wise, so are getting on with this in the afternoons. This arch went up much easier than the one before. We have found … Continue reading →

When you read the title it sounds so easy. I can assure you it wasn’t! We thought that after the first arch was done it would get easier but the second one proved to be much more difficult than the first … Continue reading →

I think ourselves lucky that at the moment we are only having one girl go broody at a time but it does seem to be working it’s way through the little girls. The little girls lay, on average, every other … Continue reading →

Our next door neighbours, and good friends, have a beautiful hydrangea in their front garden. They inherited it from previous people living there as it has been there from before we moved here and our neighbours moved in after us. … Continue reading →

We put the metal arches in, up our garden path, to hold our roses, honeysuckle, clematis and jasmine, when we first moved here, ten years ago. We bought the metal arches because they were the cheapest option at the time … Continue reading →

The rose at the top of the garden is much more manageable, since we gave it a hard prune in spring, ready for the new fence. I think it actually shows the blooms off better. The fence has gradually all but … Continue reading →

Emerald has been moulting heavily for the past couple of weeks. I wasn’t sure about Speckles though as she was still growing some feathers from where she had been plucked but for the last few days she didn’t look happy. … Continue reading →

The apple tree in the chicken run was still surviving, much to my surprise. Below are the three amigos showcasing the apple tree. You can see that there have been a few nibbles at the leaves. My husband saw Cinnamon … Continue reading →