{"id":5417,"date":"2013-07-23T05:14:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T05:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=5417"},"modified":"2013-07-23T05:14:12","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T05:14:12","slug":"pea-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=5417","title":{"rendered":"Pea plants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was even hotter than the last few days! The air was still and heavy and we were due storms during the night. I had given the girls peas and apples in a tray of water but the run was dry, dusty and barren. We dug part of it over and poured water on it but the girls were lethargic.<\/p>\n

We have had a really good crop of peas this year from our veg plot but they were now over and the plants were ready to come out. We decided to pull them out and put them in the run for the girls.<\/p>\n

They loved them! The newly dug ground was forgotten as they piled into the pea plants. They scratched and pecked and pecked some more. I worried it would be too much and they would overfill their crops. They had so much fun.<\/p>\n

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They all get stuck into the pea plants<\/p><\/div>\n

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They were having a lovely time<\/p><\/div>\n

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The damp and recently dug ground behind the pea plants is ignored<\/p><\/div>\n

Eventually they lined up in their usual spots ready for bedtime. We were forecast storms over night. I put the girls to bed and felt happy that when they come out in the morning, storms or not, they could get stuck into the pea plants again. There would be no need for their usual mid mornings greens, these will keep them happy all day whatever the weather brings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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