Author Archives: Carol

The last time we all got together at the allotment our friends from across the road provided a barbeque and drinks. There has been loads of produce for us all recently and my husband thought another get together would be … Continue reading →

Head feathers always take the longest to unfurl but at last Marmite has head feathers. This is so good to see.

I usually take photos of the garden looking up towards the chicken run. Yesterday I was in the chicken run pruning their shrubs when I thought what a lovely view they have of the garden. Today I decided to stand … Continue reading →

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 →