Blog in France

Spring-cleaning in Winter We’ve embarked on a massive spring-cleaning campaign, even though it’s still winter. The weather has been, and continues to be, particularly miserable with endless rain and strong winds. The farm is soggy, boggy and waterlogged. The opportunities for getting things done outside are few and far between,...

I’ve at last worked out, more or less, what types of brahmas I have in my eleven youngsters. First up, colossal Chickzilla. She still towers above all the others and is about the size of my other chickens, even though she’s only two months old. She’s my only splash brahma...

We ended 2017 with a spot of geocaching. We’ve yet to do any in 2018 as the weather has turned terrible, with first Storm Carmen and then Eleanor sweeping through bringing lashing rain and winds strong enough to blow the Eglu from off the top of poor Rickety Chick’s head!...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of an empty bird cage must be in need of more birds. I asked Father Christmas for a new, larger cage for my canaries, and he very kindly obliged with a special early delivery. Sidney and Mrs McIver now...

Netting the Lakes A couple of weeks ago we had our lakes netted. This is something all lake owners need to do to remove the small silver fish (perch and roach) that, as their numbers increase, start to compete with the carp or other stocked fish for food. It also...