Those of a nervous disposition may care not to read on. A week ago we had three drakes, six hens and a cockerel. Today we have one drake, five hens and a cockerel. Such are the joys of keeping poultry in the countryside. Last Friday only two drakes turned up at bedtime. Not too unusual as one does occasionally get seperated from the others and normally is waiting outside the hutch in… Read More
There’s tidy! “There’s tidy” around here in Wales means something that has got someone’s seal of approval, for example, ‘there’s a tidy-sized marrow you’ve grown there boyo’…but in this article I’m using the word in it’s more usual sense of neat or organised. Being too tidy in the garden at this time of year in my view, is not always desirable. A neatly trimmed beech which holds its leaves all winter or… Read More
As you will know, we pride ourselves on our wildlife friendliness. But is all wildlife as friendly as we’d like? We know that our local badgers have a liking for the occasional tulip bulb – OK, have a liking for a LOT of tulip bulbs – but have they now forsaken vegetarianism for a liking for a bit of flesh and blood? Over the past few nights there’s been a lot of… Read More