Earlier in the year I posted a picture of the fox peeking through our garden fence and she's been a fairly regular garden visitor ever since. When I first got a good look at her she seemed quite sleek and almost plump but more recently has seemed thinner, and thinking… Continue reading my foxy friend
Category: chicken stuff
Puffed out
Firstly, thanks so very, very much for all the wonderfully kind comments on the previous post about Tobys hair. I was so touched to read them and wish I could share them with Toby and have him understand all of the lovely compliments you gave him. Secondly, sorry to not have been around much recently.… Continue reading Puffed out
snippets from our Easter hols
Hello again! I hope you had a lovely Easter. Over our two week school break we kept busy with wood walks and lots of garden days, especially in the middle of last week when we had a few days of distinctly summery weather - hopefully there will be a lot more of that to come!… Continue reading snippets from our Easter hols
Hattie, Hetty and Bluebell
Thanks so much for all of the kind comments about the blanket and all the great paint suggestions. I'm looking forward to changing the bedroom colour but I suspect it will take us while to get around to painting - the thought of having nice new grey walls is lovely but the reality of getting… Continue reading Hattie, Hetty and Bluebell
watch out chicken ladies!
Hmmm, looks like our chickens have been having an unwanted visitor in the night. The recent covering of snow has preserved the evidence. There are foxy footprints all over the garden and all over the roof of the chicken house! I'm very glad that we popped the house on a concrete plinth or I might… Continue reading watch out chicken ladies!
and then there were two
Thanks so much for the good wishes for both Amy's ballet performance and for poorly Toffee. Amy had a wonderful time and really enjoyed performing on such a big stage. We were really proud to see her up there giving it her all. Unfortunately Toffee did not have such a good weekend. I inspected her… Continue reading and then there were two
poorly little red hen
Poor Toffee has hurt her foot. No-one is very sure how it happened but it seems most likely that she caught a toe when coming down the ramp one morning. She is limping and unable to scratch around as chickens like to do so is spending much of her day sitting. Hopefully it's just a… Continue reading poorly little red hen
sunday afternoon
It's been lovely and spring-like here this afternoon, appropriate for the first day after the clocks change for summer time. Toby and I have been in the garden most of the afternoon - I've been planting out my lettuce seedlings, onion sets and sowing some carrot seeds and Toby has been swinging, bouncing and running… Continue reading sunday afternoon
tidy up time
The last few days have been spent in the garden where everything is winding down. We've picked the last of the tomatoes, courgettes, raspberries and carrots and have lots of onions now in storage. There are a few beans still producing, a couple of potato bags left to dig up and the cabbages, kale and… Continue reading tidy up time
chicken antics!
I topped up the chicken's dust bath yesterday.At first it was an orderly affair then there were 2 in on the act and eventually all three were crammed into the pot Daft creatures they are at times, but great entertainment!