{"id":27987,"date":"2019-02-26T17:10:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T17:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=27987"},"modified":"2019-02-26T17:10:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T17:10:13","slug":"a-sprout-stalk-for-the-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=27987","title":{"rendered":"A sprout stalk for the girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My husband has been popping up to the allotment most afternoons to do a bit more digging. At the weekend a couple that were tending to their plot gave him a sprout stalk.<\/p>\n<p>I harvested the smaller sprouts from the top of the stalk for dinner yesterday and decided to give the rest of the stalk to the girls today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28000\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=28000\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28000\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28000\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28000\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ebony-is-first-to-inspect-the-sprout-stalk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ebony-is-first-to-inspect-the-sprout-stalk.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ebony-is-first-to-inspect-the-sprout-stalk-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ebony-is-first-to-inspect-the-sprout-stalk-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ebony is first to inspect the sprout stalk<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_28001\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=28001\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28001\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28001\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/spangle-is-next-to-take-a-look.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/spangle-is-next-to-take-a-look.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/spangle-is-next-to-take-a-look-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/spangle-is-next-to-take-a-look-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spangle is next to investigate<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_28002\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=28002\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28002\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28002\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/speckles-takes-a-look.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/speckles-takes-a-look.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/speckles-takes-a-look-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/speckles-takes-a-look-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles takes a look<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_28003\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=28003\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28003\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28003\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/marmite-joins-in.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/marmite-joins-in.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/marmite-joins-in-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/marmite-joins-in-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marmite joins in<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By the end of the day the girls had pecked about half way through the sprouts. I will leave the stalk in the run for a couple of days to keep them occupied. It makes a change from their usual spring greens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My husband has been popping up to the allotment most afternoons to do a bit more digging. At the weekend a couple that were tending to their plot gave him a sprout stalk. 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