Author Archives: Carol

The chicks have now been with us for a complete week as we collected them last Tuesday. I open their little coup between seven and half past seven and they tumble straight down the ramp into the food dish. I … Continue reading →

The new girls are growing before our eyes and are also growing in confidence. At first they spent a lot of time in their little coup just popping out for food, water and a quick run around. Today the chicks … Continue reading →

The new girls have got the hang of everything really quickly. On the first night I put them to bed as they hadn’t yet worked out how to find their way in to their coop. By the next day they … Continue reading →

We have two new girls. At the beginning of August I put my name on the list with my serama breeder for new girls. She was selling them so fast that they were going out from a few days old … Continue reading →

The nights are drawing in and the days are getting cooler and this has an effect on the girls. Egg laying is slowing right down. Smoke went broody, yet again, after laying eight eggs in eleven days. But this time … Continue reading →

We are still harvesting so much bounty from the allotment plots. I never expected the raspberries to produce for so long and we are all three sharers still picking them. The plot below us was dug over at the beginning … Continue reading →

We had a patch of corn on the cob on our first allotment plot and we also randomly planted six in our garden. I had visions of it growing tall enough to make it’s way above the surrounding plants. It … Continue reading →

We went to the allotment this morning to pick some produce. There is so much of everything at the moment. T and C were already picking produce and T picked a small posy for me from his allotment flower bed … Continue reading →

At last the tomatoes have started to ripen and they are going to be the next thing that we will be deluged with. T wanted some pretty things on our second plot and this is very pretty. We are getting … Continue reading →

Speckles is definitely showing her age but she is still well and happy which is so good as she is our oldest girl yet. Speckles still really enjoys a dust bath and it’s always so good to see. She is … Continue reading →