{"id":10350,"date":"2015-03-09T17:53:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=10350"},"modified":"2015-03-09T17:53:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:53:08","slug":"treats-from-the-allotment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=10350","title":{"rendered":"Treats from the allotment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Jackie rang me to tell me that someone had dug some turf out of the allotment and we arranged to go and collect it this morning for our girls. Jackie said one of her friends had also said we could have the last of his sprout stalks for the girls too.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t decide which to give the girls first so in the end decided to give them a piece of turf and a sprout stalk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10363\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/this_is-exciting.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10363\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10363\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/this_is-exciting.jpg\" alt=\"This caused immediate excitement\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This caused immediate excitement<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10364\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/honey_stands_on_the_turf.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10364\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/honey_stands_on_the_turf.jpg\" alt=\"Honey stands on the turf\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honey stands on the turf<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I decided that as Honey was standing on the turf and some of the girls couldn&#8217;t get close that I would break it in half to help them get at it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10365\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/we_are_loving_this.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10365\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10365\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/we_are_loving_this.jpg\" alt=\"The girls are loving this\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The girls are loving this<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The turf is easier than the sprout stalk so got all the attention at first but when I returned a little later all the grass had gone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10366\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/the_grass_is_gone-and-attention_is_turned_to_the_sprout_stalk.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10366\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10366\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/the_grass_is_gone-and-attention_is_turned_to_the_sprout_stalk.jpg\" alt=\"The grass is gone and attention has turned to the sprout stalk\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The grass has gone and attention has turned to the sprout stalk<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10367\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/we_like_sprouts_too.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10367\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10367\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/we_like_sprouts_too.jpg\" alt=\"The girls decided that they liked the sprouts too\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The girls decided that they liked the sprouts too<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The girls made short work of the turf but I think the sprout stalk will keep them interested for a few days. I have several more turfs pieces and sprout stalks which I have put in the shed to be given out over the next week or so.<\/p>\n<p>The girls just love anything like this. Thank you Jackie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Jackie rang me to tell me that someone had dug some turf out of the allotment and we arranged to go and collect it this morning for our girls. 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