( Click to enlarge)I have been planning the field for autumn.....how geeky is that!
key below
1. Feed Store
2. Duck Pool
3. Extra Hen House (empty)
4. New Hen enclosure
5. Spare Run for the new Turkey chicks
6. "A" frame ark (Rogo and his 5 hens)
7. Manure heap
8. Gate
9. duck pool in stream
10 herb bed
11.Chicken run for original hens (now retired) and the 8 new girls
12. Blanche and her chick's run
13. Kate Winslett and 6 older chicks
14. Hughie's resting place in trees
I am off to Theatre Clwyd tonight to see The Glass Menagerie...review later
I didn't see place for Chris!!
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wow you live in a church yard how quaint can you get? - love the plan, pursue the hoop house you will love how much more food you can get by extending the season on both ends (also doubles for a warm spot for poulets).
ReplyDeleteWe can count on snow here from December to May, there is only one road in, and you have to cross by ferry to get here so sometimes food is a little scarce. This year I have put up tarragon butter, basil pesto, 3 types of hot chutneys, tomalio salsa, tziki dip, beans, pears, peaches, tomato sauce, grape juice, set wine, peaches, rubarb, many types of berries, apricots, parsley, wild mushrooms, 10 pounds of pickled hot peppers, plum sauce, now apples, raisins and concord juice, dry thyme, rosemary, sage, oregano - I am sure to be missing something in words, but I don't miss it if it grows in my yard. It is worth all the work as all winter all the prep work is done for my vegetables, especially come February.
Tonight my table is covered with pork bellies and legs to smoke in the smoker for the next week. pigs will eat chickens, after a week of losses we watched one evening while one pig pushed a pile of grain to the fence edge, the other pig made sweet noises alerting the chickens free in the yard. The chicken went for the ploy like the roadrunner for the coyote, unfortunately he could not run as fast and when he got away from one pig's bite he ran into the other's - it was over very quickly. We were so surprised since they had been together since the pigs were very young. But that's animals for you, so make sure you have a barrier fence between them. Well I do run on, peace for all
ruth can you put some photos up of your produce........would love to see it
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Oh my God!! That pig/chicken thing is insane! I never heard of such a thing! RuralRose is one hard working person, it sounds.
ReplyDeleteSorry if I offended you, John, about Chris. Just a little fun joke.
no offence taken...at all!
ReplyDeleteChris is a saint for putting up with me and my animals..not many partners would be so indulgent and supportive......mind you 14 dirty ducklings in the kitchen almost made him divorce me!!!
[Nigel appears speechless, then leaves the room]
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Speak soon
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