Author Archives: Carol

I recently did a post about an unusual caterpillar in our garden. I put a description into google and came up with Eastern black swallowtail. The caterpillar looked very similar and this was the only result that came up so … Continue reading →

Even the girl’s dandelion strip is looking good at the moment. I decided to add some self seeded plants last year to bring a bit of colour to their patch. The self seeded antirrhinums (commonly known as snap dragons) are … Continue reading →

Freckles laid her fourth, soft shelled egg, yesterday. She has been laying every other day and as before looked unhappy and took herself off to bed early once more. When I went to check a bit later her egg was … Continue reading →

I think that our rose is better than ever this year. It is absolutely laden with blooms. I think the garden is at it’s loveliest at the moment. I love spending time in the garden.

An unusual  caterpillar caught my eye in our garden yesterday. It was on our verbascum and had stripped quite a bit of the flower. I put a description into google and it soon showed our caterpillar. We had expected it … Continue reading →

The chicks have only been in the dog crate for five days but we felt that they were already outgrowing it. Blue and Lemon have been doing a lot of chest bumping and flying at each other and chasing each … Continue reading →

I have baked some egg shells in the oven, crushed them and added them to dishes of mash which I gave the girls yesterday and today. All the girls seem to have stopped laying apart from Freckles. She has now … Continue reading →

I didn’t think there would be a problem with the chicks going in at bedtime and I was right. About nine o’clock each night they settle in the little coop and I just have to close up the door. As … Continue reading →

This time of year is the best for our garden. It’s when the rose peaks and the veg plot takes off and everything looks lush. Even the front drive has a splash of colour. I just love the garden at … Continue reading →

Freckles hasn’t laid for an entire month. As she is usually our best egg layer this seemed odd. She usually only takes a ten day break when she has gone broody but this time she hadn’t gone broody but just … Continue reading →