The new girls appear to be settling in quite nicely. After blitzing them for lice and worms (which they had) they are looking so much brighter. They are getting stronger each day too and quite mischievous, which I like to see. Shazzy and Auntie Marge went to the vet on Thursday evening. Shazzy is very rattly [...]
All posts for the month February, 2009
Update on the New Hens
Posted by Karen on February 27, 2009
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/update-on-the-new-hens/
Hens First Day of Freedom
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Posted by Karen on February 24, 2009
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/hens-first-day-of-freedom/
Introducing the New Hens
Yesterday we collected another 4 ex battery hens from Free At Last hen rescue. They are extremely thin and very bald but we hope with some TLC they will all blossom into beautiful brown hens, just like our other 6 have. This morning I found a soft shelled tangled mess in the coop, but hey ho that’s [...]
Posted by Karen on February 23, 2009
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/introducing-the-new-hens/
First Butterfly Sighting of the Year
Due to being so busy yesterday with the hen housing preparations I did not get around to updating the blog until now. Yesterday the weather was very sunny and that can only mean one thing. Butterflies! I am totally nuts about butterflies. I spend a lot of time reading about them, identifying them, learning about [...]
Posted by Karen on February 22, 2009
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/first-butterfly-sighting-of-the-year/
Preparations for the New Hens
Its here! Today is the day we collect another 4 hens. They will be among 140 hens being rescued by Free At Last hen rescue. We are expecting ‘hand bags at dawn’ type behaviour from our existing flock, so it is sensible, we feel, to house the new hens separately for the time being. The new [...]
Posted by Karen on February 22, 2009
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/preparations-for-the-new-hens/
Gardeners Friend
Of all the many wild birds to visit our garden smallholding, the Robin remains one of our favourites. Since starting the hard job of clearing the plot which is to become our vegetable garden, we have had the company of a lovely little Robin, a faithful observer waiting for the opportunity to claim a fat worm. This [...]
Posted by Karen on February 17, 2009
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/gardeners-friend/
Clearing the Plot
This weekend was spent tackling the over grown plot which will eventually become our vegetable garden. Although it rained quite a bit today, all in all the weather was kind to us and we managed to get quite a lot done. The first task was to cut back the giant mass of tangled brambles to ground level. My [...]
Posted by Karen on February 15, 2009
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/clearing-the-plot/
Can YOU Give Ex Battery Hens a New Life?
Have you ever considered rehoming some ex battery hens? Battery hens that are deemed no longer productive to farmers are slaughtered. I will spare you the gory details of the undignified end to their already miserable existence. These hens will be aged just 18 months old and would have spent most of their short ‘life’ in a [...]
Posted by Karen on February 11, 2009
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/can-you-give-ex-battery-hens-a-new-life/
Seeds and Sets
We bought our vegetable seeds and onion sets today from our local garden centre, which is great don’t get me wrong, but I cannot help but PANIC! Flicking my eyes over the sowing and planting out times on the packets sent my mind into a frenzied panicky whirl of brambles, weeds and snow, thick heavy snow, well, thick heavy [...]
Posted by Karen on February 8, 2009
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/seeds-and-sets/
Chitting Potatoes
I forgot to buy seed potatoes last weekend so I made a quick dash to the smallholder suppliers so we can crack on with chitting them. It is safe to say that we are nowhere near ready with the vegetable garden plot, the whole lot needs to be cleared and dug over. We decided to make a few [...]
Posted by Karen on February 6, 2009
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/chitting-potatoes/
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