However, I am planning/hoping to do a bit of preparation early and try and keep on top of it.
First I emptied all my old compost bins and let the chooks dig them around for about a week (this is usually how long it takes me to get from one job to the next!)
We have four beautiful bantams, but this one - Eagle, is my favourite (I think she is at the bottom of the pecking order) and she always seems so earnest in her scratching work.
Then I had some teenagers who happened to be hanging around (there seems to be quite a few here at times) build me a fence - hopefully to keep out the chickens and our two free range rabbits. This worked pretty well, but Robin has since put on a gate with hinges (what luxury!!) and there is one small section that still needs to be fenced properly. I've added lots of "good stuff" and the chickens have continued to mix it up for me.
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| This is Peta - she used to be Peter |
Next I am going to lay some hosing down, the kind that I can plug into the hose and it will soak the soil for a time. Robin and I have been discussing the best way to build a shade cover over the garden and I'm sure this will help it survive the fierce summer sun.
I also want to grow lots of flowers as I have been dabbling with dyeing fabrics with natural dyes and am very keen to do more. And what better way than to grow and harvest your own!
And this is our white nectarine that blossoms beautifully every year and keeps the bees very busy but then promptly becomes infested with fruit fly - it's the bane of my life and nothing I have tried has worked. We nearly cut it down this year ... but then the blossoms came again.
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