Author: Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)

knitter, peace-seeker, woods-lover, chicken-keeper, woolly-wearer, autism-mama and all round quiet time girl.
general stuff

Oculus Reparo!

Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)32 Comments

Over the weekend Toby had a bit of a melt down that resulted in him knocking off my glasses and snapping the frame. I'm really shortsighted so while my husband was doing his best to fix them temporarily with the superglue I had to resort to wearing a very old pair (I only get around to changing them around once a decade!)

Glasses

You should have seen Toby's face – the biggest scowl you ever did see! Then he made a lunge for them and pulled them off my face in disgust. It seems he's not overly impressed by my changed appearance. I'm off to the optician later in the hope of getting a very similar pair – either that or it will be a very gradual de-sensitising operation to get him to accept a new look for me!

chicken stuff · garden stuff · general stuff

Back to the term time routine

Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)42 Comments

Well, the children are back at school and all is quiet here. The school break was definitely helped by some decent spring weather. Much of our time was spent in the garden sowing seeds, planting out and enlarging the run for the chickens who were feeling a bit cooped up! It feels like the garden is coming together now with the raised linkaboard beds. They seem a great way to grow veggies and are made from recycled plastic.

Garden veggies
Gardenveg
New chicken run

The chicken run needs some plants to soften it off but the chickens now have tons of space. If anyone has any tips for chicken friendly plants I'd love to hear them. Now I've just got to cross my not-so-green-fingers that I can coax a few decent veggies from the seeds!