The Garden

The garden has been neglected in the last year,but now being 2014 i am going to get it sorted, already cut the Blackberries down and started at the stinging nettles which i allowed to grow last year  in my wild life moment because the peacock butterfly lays it's eggs on the nettle - but also small tortoiseshell too.

 

 My hens  - which are Cuckoo Marans  i have had since 0ctober 2013  - they are very flighty and have been lost for the past 7 days - mainly taken to living in Next door's garden. it took us 3 days to get them back mainly by putting out food for them and cajouling them back in they are now on  day 4 of confinement in their hen house pen and i keep feeding them   a variety of food they are not used to - like apples, fish pie, corn ( they are used to that ) chocolate cake! and at present they are being friendly well they do not have any alternative.

Before their major disappearance next door.

 this is them confined in their pen,

 And then this morning they kindly laid me two eggs. Have they been laying in next door - who knows?

and so i ate them for lunch! very tasty.