ive been spending lots of evenings in the garden lately.
my favourite recent project is a new home for my chookies. ive been finding for quite some time that because they were all the way on the back block with the ducks who are very messy, i wasnt spending much time with them.
ive built them a new area behind our little shed and around some plants. its a much nicer size, enough room to run around but not so much that theyre impossible to catch.
the fence is star droppers and chook wire cable tied. i made gates out of old play pen sides, covered with chook wire, hinged with cable ties
its a perfect area to enjoy them, right next to the grass and washing line. i find that now i find a reason to visit them nearly every time i go outside.
they have a big rosemary bush which is their absolute favourite to sit under. Its bennys favourite too, but moreso because he loves when i put the yummy leaves on lamb and roast veggies lol:)
most of these guys are new (the two white ones are the chicks right down the bottom of the linked-to post) incase you cant read the names, coco (black and white) marley (orange) little dude (fluffy white) and talula (flat feathered white)
little dude is my absolute favourite. she is more than happy to be pat and picked up, and loves to lay on my knee and preen herself
the three black girls (well hopefully the chicks are girls) are henrietta and her chicks jane and lissie
oh, and after just a few days in their new home i discovered 2 eggs (i hadnt had fresh eggs for a LONG time) ill take that as them sayin they love their new home!
our passion fruit vine has realy taken off lately. (yes, thats more play pen at the top for it to grow on next) i also made stars out of sticks to spin in the breeze
after visiting lil and madi and seing their beautiful lush bean plants climbing up their back fence, i was motivated to try my own. im not sure if im too late in the season but having a go and hoping for the best.
just because their looking beautiful, heres a strawberry plant in my old collinder and basil i grew from seeds a while back
david is painting the chook (pent)house as i type. it's a perfect morning for painting - not too hot.
ReplyDeletei hope your beans take off - there is nothing nicer than picking them off the vine and eating them right away.
i love your new chook run - looks like they have a very happy spot to be :)
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Karen I am a real cityslicker ,don,t know anything about chickens but I love to read about them You makes them like humans and that is how we have to treat nature we nurture and then we get nurture or nutrition from them .the eggs you have send us were just so tasty.love the photos Karen go on gardening
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ohhhh yum!! basil!! Mine is long gone and I didnt get areound to seed saving BOO for me ;) Your chooks sure look happy in there new home!
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