Here is a video clip I took earlier today to try out whether my limited technological knowledge is up to the challenge of linking in videos! So here goes nothing! https://youtu.be/MJIAEL6Y04o
Weed decimation continued
Today we ambled down late to the allotment to be met by indignant chickens demanding to be fed the second they spied us walking down the path. Honestly, to hear them, you would think they had never been fed! We fed them before checking them for mites and dusting them with mite powder. I have... Continue Reading →
Why won’t these weeds die?!
Pootled down to the allotment this morning dragging the other half with me. I was worried that we may find ourselves with fewer chickens than yesterday - luckily the remaining seven were alive, kicking and extremely hungry. Whilst the other half cleaned out the coop and looked in vain for eggs (they really are a... Continue Reading →
R.I.P Lottie
Today when I went down the allotment I was greeted with sad news. I was a little later than usual (the joys of endless medical appointments) to find Phil on his way back home. He told me that he arrived on site this morning to find Lottie's body in the coop. Fortunately he had already... Continue Reading →
A sunny October day
Both of us went down to the allotment this morning determined to sort out the mite issue for once and for all. We fed the chickens and whilst they were distracted with food, we blocked their entrance to the shed as the chemicals in the anti-mite spray are not ideal for chickens to breathe in.... Continue Reading →
A review
It is almost a year since we took on our second plot and so much has changed! Below are the photos of the plot when we took it over at the end of September 2014 - it wasn't pretty! We have removed masses of rubbish from the plot including a gun case, pigeon carriers and... Continue Reading →
Last minute clearing…
So today marked the last day to clear the plots before the yearly inspection by the committee. I have managed to completely clear the top plot and about half of the bottom plot. I gave up at about 14:30 exhausted, I had cleared the raspberry bed entirely, leaving only a small section at the back... Continue Reading →
Onward, ever onward…
A lazy start to today meant I arrived down on site at a leisurely 10:30 am, in time to feed the chickens. They are up to their usual tricks, pretending they never get fed, let alone have ever received the many treats I feed them on an almost daily basis (sunflower seeds, split corn, masses... Continue Reading →
Many hands make light work
After making minimal progress with the weeds yesterday, I headed out early determined to clear the middle section of the main plot. A few hours later, my husband and his friend appeared to help with the masses of weeds inhabiting the bottom plot. The doc plants which grow profusely in that plot have enormously deep... Continue Reading →
A thief in the night…
Up at the crack of dawn this morning to say goodbye to my allotment buddy Fiona. It seems that a week can go past very fast! Upon leaving the house, I stopped outside the door and looked for my allotment shoes - a mud-caked pair of semi-walking boots complete with holes in the soles. They... Continue Reading →
Glass transportation and weeding
Yesterday was a momentous day - we took the final load of glass from Nantwich to the allotment (teeth gritted every time we went over a slight bump in the road). We dumped off the glass before heading home for lunch and planning our afternoon campaign on the unending weeds. After lunch we decided to... Continue Reading →
Greenhouse Deconstruction Day 2
After being rained off yesterday ,we drove back to Nantwich to finish removing the glass, deconstruct the greenhouse frame and transport it all back to the allotment. We have managed to rope in Geoff to help transport the large parts of the frame back as Fiona's car isn't big enough to squeeze the frame in.... Continue Reading →
Greenhouse Deconstruction Day 1
Armed with only a small tool kit, wild amounts of optimism and a complete lack of knowledge about dismantling greenhouses we set off for Nantwich ready to start work. We arrived and sorted out our plan of action - we decided to start with the roof (the top part before working down to the base... Continue Reading →
Preparations for the new greenhouse
Today I ambled down to the allotment planning to clear a large section of the ground ready to start preparing the ground for the base of the new greenhouse. After feeding the chickens, from whose reaction you would think they had never been fed, and the quail (all four still alive), I grabbed a fork... Continue Reading →
Three barrows of mulch, raspberries and two cockerels
This morning, to my enduring relief, there were still four quail in the coop. More importantly, all four still alive! The chickens are particularly bossy and tried to make out I never feed them. I checked Lottie and her prolapse - she had a blockage with an egg a couple of weeks ago and its... Continue Reading →
And then there were four…
Down the allotment this morning to sort of and do battle with the mites who seem to have made a bit of a come back in the last week. We shut the chickens out of the shed in readiness to clear it out, leaving the door open to ventilate it. Fed the chickens to distract... Continue Reading →
A sad day for quail
I arrived down the allotment this morning to feed the chickens and quail, to find the quail who looked a little seedy yesterday face down in the saw dust. Unfortunately she must have died either yesterday or last night. I removed her and buried her in the bottom plot. After this I did very little... Continue Reading →
Miracles can (and do) happen!
We arrived back from our holiday expecting to find our plots waist deep in weeds and the coop extension still to do. Instead we arrived back to some weeds, but nowhere near as bad as I thought - it appears the unending rain has been so unrelenting that the weeds didn't have much of a... Continue Reading →
Rat catching and planning permission
Determined to make progress at the allotment today, I arrived early. I fed the chickens, much to their delight, and the ever greedy quail. It turns out the rat problem continueth - I spotted two large ones in the coop this morning and Cliff spied another couple yesterday. Always reliable Geoff and Cliff moved the... Continue Reading →
Plodding onwards
Today I cleared a good section of the bottom plot ready for the planting of the blueberry bushes I bought a couple of weeks ago. Chicks continue to do well, although one is looking increasingly like a cockerel. We have agreed with Cliff who has also got new chicks that if our chick turns out... Continue Reading →
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