{"id":15933,"date":"2016-07-06T20:46:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T20:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15933"},"modified":"2016-07-06T20:46:20","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T20:46:20","slug":"getting-ready-to-have-our-path-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15933","title":{"rendered":"Getting ready to have our path done"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When work begins on our path the builders are going to start at the top by the chicken run and work their way down to the front drive.<\/p>\n<p>The bricks from my chicken strip will need to be removed and the path may be a bit wider here. The chard was looking really shabby as I have picked it death but the dandelions are so robust that they stay good however much they are picked.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to pull up all the chard and give it to the girls and replant the front dandelions to create a single row leaving plenty of space for the builders to work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15957\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15957\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15957\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15957\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15957\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/the_chard_looks_pretty-sad.jpg\" alt=\"The chard looks pretty sad\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/the_chard_looks_pretty-sad.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/the_chard_looks_pretty-sad-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/the_chard_looks_pretty-sad-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chard looks pretty sad<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15958\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15958\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15958\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15958\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/its_now_just_a_row_of_dandelions.jpg\" alt=\"The chicken's strip is now just a single row of healthy dandelions\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/its_now_just_a_row_of_dandelions.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/its_now_just_a_row_of_dandelions-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/its_now_just_a_row_of_dandelions-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chicken&#8217;s strip is now just a single row of healthy dandelions<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15960\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15960\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15960\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15960\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/barley_and_butterscotch_are_first_to_the_chard.jpg\" alt=\"Barley and Butterscotch are first to the chard\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/barley_and_butterscotch_are_first_to_the_chard.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/barley_and_butterscotch_are_first_to_the_chard-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/barley_and_butterscotch_are_first_to_the_chard-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barley and Butterscotch are first to the chard<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15961\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15961\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15961\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15961\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15961\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/speckles_and_emerald_join_them.jpg\" alt=\"Speckles and Emerald join them\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/speckles_and_emerald_join_them.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/speckles_and_emerald_join_them-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/speckles_and_emerald_join_them-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles and Emerald join them<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15962\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15962\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15962\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15962\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15962\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/toffee_joins-in.jpg\" alt=\"They are joined by Toffee\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/toffee_joins-in.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/toffee_joins-in-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/toffee_joins-in-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They are joined by Toffee<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15963\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15963\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15963\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15963\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15963\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/peaches_and_barley_are_enjoying_the-chard.jpg\" alt=\"Peaches and Barley are enjoying the chard\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/peaches_and_barley_are_enjoying_the-chard.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/peaches_and_barley_are_enjoying_the-chard-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/peaches_and_barley_are_enjoying_the-chard-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peaches and Barley are enjoying the chard<\/p><\/div>\n<p>An hour later there were only the roots left.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15965\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15965\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15965\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15965\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15965\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/elsewhere_we_pin_back_the-planting.jpg\" alt=\"Elsewhere we have pinned back the planting\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/elsewhere_we_pin_back_the-planting.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/elsewhere_we_pin_back_the-planting-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/elsewhere_we_pin_back_the-planting-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elsewhere we have pinned back the planting<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15966\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15966\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15966\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15966\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15966\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/plants_tied_back.jpg\" alt=\"More plants tied back\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/plants_tied_back.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/plants_tied_back-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/plants_tied_back-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More plants tied back<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We expect to have some damage to the plants but they will soon recover, however if we can save some of the planting it&#8217;s worth a try. We can&#8217;t wait to get this done now. Work will be starting very soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When work begins on our path the builders are going to start at the top by the chicken run and work their way down to the front drive. 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