{"id":5702,"date":"2013-08-22T17:29:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T17:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=5702"},"modified":"2013-08-23T05:42:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T05:42:53","slug":"hibiscus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=5702","title":{"rendered":"Hibiscus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I seemed to have deviated from chickens a little, and on to the garden this summer, I thought I might carry on and add in the hibiscus. It&#8217;s a splash of late summer colour and has grown huge this year. It&#8217;s opposite the chicken enclosure so they look out at it, although I am not sure they appreciate it!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5711\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hibiscus_next_to_the_chickens.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5711\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5711\" alt=\"The hibiscus next to the chicken enclosure\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hibiscus_next_to_the_chickens.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hibiscus_next_to_the_chickens.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hibiscus_next_to_the_chickens-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The hibiscus next to the chicken enclosure<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In front of the hibiscus is a laurel which has become integrated with it, just in case anyone wonders why my hibiscus has exotic leaves.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5712\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hibiscus_close_up.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5712\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5712\" alt=\"Hibiscus close up\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hibiscus_close_up.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hibiscus_close_up.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hibiscus_close_up-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hibiscus close up<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5713\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/chickens_view_of-the_hibiscus.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5713\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5713\" alt=\"The chickens view of the hibiscus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/chickens_view_of-the_hibiscus.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/chickens_view_of-the_hibiscus.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/chickens_view_of-the_hibiscus-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chickens view of the hibiscus<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I can&#8217;t say I have seen the girls admiring the view. If it&#8217;s not something for them to eat, it holds little interest to them. On the other hand if I am on the veg plot they are all crammed against the weld mesh, just in case I throw them a worm or some greens. The veg plot is much more interesting to the chooks than the hibiscus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I seemed to have deviated from chickens a little, and on to the garden this summer, I thought I might carry on and add in the hibiscus. 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