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<\/a>The garden<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Garden and the chicken run<\/p><\/div>\n
The huge poppies in front of the run are a vivid orange and in the chicken run the pink rose has just started flowering. The chickens will enjoy the petals when they fall.<\/p>\n
<\/a>View from the chicken run<\/p><\/div>\n
One of the shrubs we moved from the garden to the run hasn’t survived as it just didn’t have enough root ball on it. I decided to take it out and plant a rosemary. Once it grows it will become quite woody and should be tough enough to survive the girls. While it is small and tender it will need some protection to stop it being stripped.<\/p>\n
<\/a>I have planted the rosemary<\/p><\/div>\n
I bought the biggest one I could find but now it’s in it looks really small. Sparkle always stays close when I dig in case there are some worms to be had and she is already inspecting the rosemary.<\/p>\n
I laid the plant I took out in the run for the girls peck over.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Topaz finds a few remaining leaves<\/p><\/div>\n
I then set about rigging up some protection for the rosemary. It’s not very attractive and I may come up with something better but I had to use the materials I had to hand.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The Rosemary<\/p><\/div>\n
It looks messy on top because I layered it to protect the girls if they landed on it. I have tried to make it solid enough to withstand them possibly jumping on it with all sharp edges tucked out of the way. I may see what’s available in the garden centre and see if I can come up with something better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The garden is now looking really full with bursts of colour. The huge poppies in front of the run are a vivid orange and in the chicken run the pink rose has just started flowering. The chickens will enjoy the … Continue reading