We've had rain! Quite heavy rain at times, but it hasn't soaked in very far in areas which have had constant watering. All the water barrels are full again, they were after the first day. We could perhaps do with adding some more in, if we can find the time.
The baby bunnies have gone to new homes, now. They grow up so quick! They were such a cute little bunch and I've already had a message back from one happy new bunny mamma.
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Someone came to look at chickens yesterday and was supposed to come back today to collect, but no show and no reply to texts. I don't care if they changed their mind, but just have the courtesy to say so. I left the car port door open in anticipation and it looks like the neighbour's pug paid us a visit and left a present in front of the chicken run gate!
I hate dealing with the advertising and selling of things at the best of times, but when it's my fur and feather babies it makes it all the more stressful. So I'm always glad to have it over. Still hanging on a decision about this lone bantam pullet.
I want to concentrate on the garden a bit more. I've been digging over one of the chicken runs and plan to plant the potatoes in there. I'm keeping the chickens in there while I do it, so that they can catch any plant eating grubs hiding in the soil. It's not been wet enough for the worms to resurface yet, so they are safe in hibernation from the dinosaur’s hungry beaks! Hopefully I'll have the chickens out and the potatoes in before they come back up for the winter.
After I transplanted some onion seedlings I obviously created an ideal spa area for dust bathing and had a magpie lark busily making little hollows and kicking the seedlings out. So I've put some temporary wiring over the area too discourage birds until the seedlings can handled them. Some of them were also being broken by the spotted dove, who's adopted us, strolling over them. Don't worry, there are plenty of other places for them to wander and enjoy their spas. I'm just diverting them temporarily while the seedlings get a bit stronger.
I don't want to keep birds out of the garden, because as messy as they can be, they're an important part of the ecosystem. They are of great assistance in keeping problem insect levels in check, particularly in spring and summer when they're nesting. As a bonus They also leave their poops behind to feed the plants. They may not be tidy about it, but that's nature. I encourage them by trying to make sure the bird baths are full when it's dry weather and now leave the wall planters for blackbirds to nest in. I have little success with plants in them, anyway.
Just on a last note, Annie the Wyandotte is finally laying again after over a year of being a walking broody! She could never sit long enough to hatch her own eggs, but decided that when our bantam, Red, hatched some, she would also be their mamma. It must have satisfied her itch. This is her in mamma mode:
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