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feed the hens in the evening inside the area you want them to roost. The lure of food will overcome their nostalgia

Move the tractor when it suits you, but i wouldn't worry to much about upsetting them, they'll get used to it, especially if it happens regularly

Also nearby, we have all the members of the crow family bar one.We have Hooded Crows, Ravens, Rooks, Magpies, Jackdaws, Choughs and Jays. The one we don't have is the Carrion Crow. AFAIK, the hoodie and the carrion crow are different variants of the same species, but seldom share the same range I'v...

You are like the Queen, Kieth, with an official birthday

Hi Wanderer

What's going to happen in 2023?

celebrate with some Maple syrup and bacon

Don't forget us when you a star

Did you see the Hoopoe that visited WC a few years back Tony?

No house Sparrows yet (16 years built) but a big selection of other species

The Robins were quick to attch themselves to the pigs when they root around

^ Winner of the award for best dressed allotment

Odsox wrote: Do you still want some Myrtle plants Doofa ? (or anyone else)
Now would be a good time to dig up some suckers.

(from a post about 2 pages back, see nothing wrong with my memory )

Yes I do!

I have some cornelian cherry and some sugar maple in return if you like?

At present we just fatten the two for ourselves, but I'm considering ramping up production to sell. There are several quite big free range meat processors in the area

We might even consider an organic symbol

We also buy in baby broilers for the freezer

This years bonhams. I actually got them early September but never got round to photographing them This year I am going for low input feeding. They get 300g of bought ration, and as much swede as they like, plus what they can forage This will reduce the cost of fattening them The plan worked well Fo...

Got the artichokes in

2hrs rotorvating, 2hrs planting with the kids

The site wont let me upload a pic

Cool

fair play to An Post for changing with the times

Whilst the type of milk probably make a difference to the flavour, and what the animals ate can effect the flavour of the milk, AFAIK it is the bacterial culture that make the difference between cheese varieties