Author Archives: Carol

The allotment is really taking shape now and isn’t far off being finished all by the planting. Tomorrow we have some top soil being delivered to fill the raised beds. They have been lined with black plastic to stop the … Continue reading →

Since Smoke started laying again after her last broody spell followed by a two week break, she has laid fourteen eggs, in exactly three weeks. I lift her out of the nest box every time I go into the run. … Continue reading →

This post has evolved over the last few days. I knew that Dandelion was getting ready to start laying again. She had been very vocal and had been looking in the nest boxes.  Dandelion and Cinnamon have become more and … Continue reading →

Yesterday it was the little girls’ turn to do a bit of communal dust bathing in the sun. Dandelion and Cinnamon are near enough to join in the communal spirit but as always they are their own little pair of, … Continue reading →

I worm the flock twice a year in March and September so it’s worming time again. I find the easiest way is to mix the flubenvet powder with two dishes of mash which is pellets and water. This needs to … Continue reading →

I never tire of watching the girls dust bathing. It is often a communal exercise and cements friendships. They are having such a lovely time.

Yesterday I received a small parcel through the post. It was my prize from the postcard competition. I won “Most Boring Postcard” but also made the final selection in several categories and got a mention for my “Walking Dead” postcard. … Continue reading →

A few years ago I posted about the patio table and chairs that I found in Home Bargains closing down sale for the amazing bargain price of twenty pounds. It replaced an identical set at the top of the garden … Continue reading →

We are now quite often getting five eggs a day so our eggs are building up even though we are eating them most days. We have eight girls laying regularly. Speckles has only laid one so I am not counting … Continue reading →

We have been allocated the job of getting potatoes and beans ready for the allotment. We had already started the potatoes chitting. A total of two hundred made up of a third red fir apple and two thirds maris peer. … Continue reading →