![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tulips-in-bud.jpg\")
<\/a>Tulips in bud<\/p><\/div>\n
These tulips have been like this for ages just waiting to open. Again just look at the sea of pulmonaria that surrounds them.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/the-last-tulips-to-open.jpg\")
<\/a>The last clump of tulips have opened today<\/p><\/div>\n
These tulips have been here since we moved in and are the last to open every year.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/my-favourite-clematus-is-just-getting-stearted.jpg\")
<\/a>My favourite clematis is just getting started<\/p><\/div>\n
It’s my favourite because I like the colour of this one the most.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/the-clematis-on-the-fence-opposite-our-kitchen-window-has-more-flowers-than-it-has-ever-had-before.jpg\")
<\/a>The clematis opposite our kitchen window<\/p><\/div>\n
This clematis is on the new fence that our neighbours put up last year and has more flower on it than it has ever had before.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pot-of-daiseys-in-bud.jpg\")
<\/a>Pot of daisies in bud a week ago<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pot-of-daiseys.jpg\")
<\/a>Pot of daisies today<\/p><\/div>\n
I have been waiting for these daisies to open. All the recent buds in the garden have opened and the cherry tree blossom from last week has all gone already. The garden is changing day by day.<\/p>\n
The chooks are loving the better weather too. Dandelion continues to lay every other day with good shells.<\/p>\n
Cinnamon is over her broody spell after just one day so that’s good news. She stayed out of the nest box all day today.<\/p>\n
Since the better weather Emerald and Speckles have wanted to stay out and perch on the perches at the bottom of the run at bedtime so I am now blocking those too. I hang some tarpaulin over them an hour before bedtime and as long as I do that they go into the chicken shed. I am not sure that I am going to break this habit though. I will continue to do this for a while but I am not sure what to do long term.<\/p>\n
I am happy that the girls all look happy and healthy and that is the main thing. They are definitely enjoying the better weather as much as I am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After the harshest winter for many years we have now had record\u00a0high temperatures for April. It has felt like summer this week. The garden is bursting with flower. These tulips have been like this for ages just waiting to open. … Continue reading