by Daisy | May 5, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
If I were restricted to only one garden plant (I was going to say vegetable but we all know what a kettle of fish the fruit-veg debate re tomatoes is) it would have to be the tomato. As I’ve mentioned before, we have three beds of them this year, that’s...
by Daisy | May 3, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
Our broody has finally rejoined the flock. It took a good two months, but she seems fine and her comb is perking up and getting redder (it turned pink when she was broody and not laying). We never did anything to break her of it, and it turned out okay. I’ve...
by Daisy | Apr 23, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
When I’m working in the garden I use the same equipment over and over again. Some things I inherited, like my spade and my rakes (garden and leaf) and a menacing-looking yet elegantly effective pitchfork–the way it pierces a pile of composting leaves is...
by Daisy | Apr 19, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
Every time I went to check for eggs one of my Buff Orpingtons was sitting in the same nest. At least that’s what I figured out after about three days of it. Same hen. Same nest. I would collect her egg and she wouldn’t leave. She was also more vocal and...
by Daisy | Feb 27, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
You may have seen this bit of news from Belgium about a township giving out free chickens to its residents in a bid to reduce household waste: Belgium Town Residents Offered Chickens A refreshing change from cities which apparently think chickens (and goats) are the...
by Daisy | Feb 12, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
It has been, unfairly in my opinion, too cold for too long. This month, twenty or more degrees below average. And January–speak not its name. Frigid, wet/frozen, dark–yuck. I know, whine whine. Winter’s supposed to be that way. It makes Spring...
