Author Archives: Carol

We are having a bit of a heat wave at the moment. Butterscotch usually stays broody for about fourteen days but yesterday was day eighteen which is her longest yet. I wasn’t happy about her sitting in the nest box … Continue reading →

I said in an earlier post that I was saving the bricks that used to edge the veg plot and the chickens strip, before we had the new path, for a future use. When we had the run extension built … Continue reading →

I know I kind of did this yesterday but the girls looked so crazy in the sun today that I couldn’t resist taking more photos. I love the way they lean on one side and stretch out one leg and … Continue reading →

The girls often surprise me with the spots they to choose to sit in. They often squeeze themselves into corners and I think that it must make them feel safe to be enclosed. Today was a lovely sunny day so … Continue reading →

This morning I gave our front wall a second coat of white paint. Then between us we painted in the red with me doing the edges with a small brush and my husband speeding the job on with a big … Continue reading →

We are still working on the finishing touches since the path was finished but I thought it was about time I got back to the girls. I will continue with the garden improvements tomorrow. My husband has cleaned up the … Continue reading →

We are so pleased with the finished path. Most people will probably think that it’s only a path but it’s actually quite an important part of this garden. The way it zig zags gives the garden structure. It would be … Continue reading →

Today the guys were determined to finish their work on the path. It rained a bit in the morning but they got on with laying the edging stones and started the pointing once it was dry again. We will be … Continue reading →

On the third day the guys put concrete at the sides of the parts of the path that won’t be having edging stones. This will stop water getting underneath the path and the concrete will have topsoil added once the … Continue reading →

On the second day the guys got all of the garden part of the path laid. When wet the colour of the stone shows up more. This had a bit of straight brick but would have caused a step so … Continue reading →