The chickens are laying well despite the short days when they are supposed to pretty much stop and the sheep are being sheep. Over 1500 eggs this year compared to over 1300 eggs last year. So where have those eggs gone? Ok, I have also sorted out my seeds and I have in mind what I want to grow and where. So I guess that is something. Anyway anyone reading this blog I hope you have had a good Christmas and I wish you a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.
I have now moved from no. 6 to no. 5 Champeau de Bas having decided that number 6 was just getting too much to handle! So no. 5 is a small garden with some flowers and a small veg patch.
Sunday 30 December 2018
Short and sweet!
I took a look at my garden log since the my last published blog. It is blank. That is not good. What excuses can I find? Run up to Christmas, Christmas celebrations, run up to New Year, New Year celebrations? Well yes but not really. Just have not got out there! Really need to. What is doing ok are the French broad beans, garlic, over winter onions and the Egyptian (walking onions). All have benefited from the mild and damp weather. The chickens got into the early purple sprouting bed and mind you, I really did not do much to stop them! Shame on me!
Friday 7 December 2018
All quiet....
I have twice sat down to write this blog. Twice I have now looked at my gardening log and all I see is virtually blank entries! Weather, short days, other things to do have ganged up on me to stop me from getting out there and pressing on with stuff that really needs to be done as soon as possible. Hey ho! Now Christmas will get in the way! So, what is in the log? Cleaned out the chicken coops and cleared some brambles (not many I might add!!).
I did notice on my trip to feed the sheep and Ixworth chickens that some of the garlic has sprouted and also some of the over winter onions. Just shows how mild it is. Also it has been damp, by that I mean showery weather and mild. The forecast is for that to change next week. The last of the apples are falling and that is another job on the list! Clear up the apples. Even the chickens have decided that there are just too many to eat!
Well is is hoping to some dry but probably cold days and maybe, just maybe, I can get off my bum and move away from my nice warm comfortable home and get some jobs done outside!
I did notice on my trip to feed the sheep and Ixworth chickens that some of the garlic has sprouted and also some of the over winter onions. Just shows how mild it is. Also it has been damp, by that I mean showery weather and mild. The forecast is for that to change next week. The last of the apples are falling and that is another job on the list! Clear up the apples. Even the chickens have decided that there are just too many to eat!
Well is is hoping to some dry but probably cold days and maybe, just maybe, I can get off my bum and move away from my nice warm comfortable home and get some jobs done outside!
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