Author Archives: Carol

I have been waiting for a bit of sun to open our tulips. I love the way the tulips react to the sun. The red is so bright in the surrounding sea of blue. You can’t help but smile.

Speckles seems to like the shelter. She likes to sit in there and once laid an egg in there. Yesterday she was sitting on top of the shelter. She seems to have claimed this shelter as her own. They do … Continue reading →

Since my lovely husband gave our rose a hard prune in readiness for our new fence we have reclaimed an extra strip of garden. The rose used to extend out to the chicken run leaving us just the brick path … Continue reading →

It was just over two weeks ago that I took this photo of Speckles bottom. Compare it to this photo. She has rows of pin feathers and the gap is closing up. As the fluffy feathers open the gap should … Continue reading →

The first set of tulips are going over and the next bunch are just getting ready to open. There are bluebells all around the garden, plus some whitebells and pinkbells. There are more of these every year but that’s okay. … Continue reading →

I have been trying to get some good close up photos of the three amigos to update my “meet the flock” page. I haven’t done this before now as I have been waiting for Dandelion’s head feathers to grow in. … Continue reading →

I put the water bottles above the ladders to insure the three amigos could always get to water. Apricot got the hang of it straight away and we had seen Dandelion drink from it occasionally but I couldn’t get Cinnamon … Continue reading →

Yesterday there were a few sweet moments of togetherness in the flock. In the morning it involved egg laying and in the afternoon it involved dust bathing. We had our first, five egg day, of the year. This time three … Continue reading →

In February my husband gave the huge rambling rose on our fence a really good prune. This rose was already in the garden, and well established, when we moved in ten years ago. It does provide a good screen between … Continue reading →

At the weekend we got our veg plot started. My husband dug it over and then dug in the contents of our compost bin. We had had potatoes chitting for a while and he planted a row of earlies. They … Continue reading →