Author Archives: Carol

My lovely husband has been doing a lot of work to our Morris Traveller. I wish now that I had taken a before and after photo but he had already got stuck in before I had thought about it. He … Continue reading →

Not only have the leek flowers turned out to be spectacular after all but the bees love them. When I sit in the garden I see masses of honey bees all over the leek flowers. There is a constant busyness … Continue reading →

The garden is amazing at this time of year. Lilies seem to like this garden and I love the spiky foliage even before the exotic looking flowers appear. They seem to thrive without any help from us and the clumps … Continue reading →

Ebony had been broody for four weeks and Flame for just over a week when we finished the new chicken shed. As we were in the run most of the day working on it I closed the nest boxes and … Continue reading →

Yesterday I saw another pretty moth on our path. It’s also black and white but quite different from the other one. I googled it as usual. I think it’s a marbled white moth. The pattern is absolutely identical but the … Continue reading →

Ebony and Flame have both laid four eggs in six days since they both restarted laying after a half moult. This coincided with us finishing the chicken shed and moving the three nest boxes to their new position. Ebony is … Continue reading →

We went to a classic car show two weeks ago, the first, with our Morris Traveller. I took lots of photos but I had several posts in the pipeline and didn’t get round to doing a post. Then I forgot … Continue reading →

Yesterday we finally got round to blocking up the pop hole in the old shed. We have decided to leave it until next year to decide what to do with the old shed. Smoke has laid eight eggs in ten … Continue reading →

This morning Flame settled in a nest box after a bit of twirling around and I knew that she was getting ready to lay. I think that the broody spell set Ebony and Flame into an early moult and now … Continue reading →

Eggs are sporadic at the moment. In the last week Jasmine has laid two, Cinnamon has laid two, Salmon has laid three and Smoke has laid five. Vanilla, Marmite and Spangle haven’t laid any eggs in the last week. Then … Continue reading →