In addition to my post below,we also have a small spattering of the other sort of corn - err, corn. Field corn? It’s been growing under the crab apple all summer. I thought it looked good, especially as we have lots of poppies growing close by. It’s also been a handy place for wildlife to [...]
I originally planted a small block of sweetcorn, but BunBuns and Hens were very helpful (!) in scratching up the kernels I’d planted and eating them. Hence, only two lone sweetcorn out of a whole block grew. Sweetcorn needs to be planted in a large block so the plants can pollinate and produce their goods. [...]
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I am not in a good place. Two chickens are sick and have me worrying every day. Seriously worrying. And it’s too hot to work outside, but everything is going to pot here. Grump.
I desperately want to dig out more veg plots and get some fruit bushes in, but have no savings to buy them [...]
Continue reading about Bleurgh…Money Issues for a Smallest Smallholding Freelancer
Our chickens are ex-battery, so it’s fair to say in the first 52 or so weeks of their life, they had a pretty miserable time. When we took them on, we thought they might come with a few problems - not being able to perch properly, not knowing how to use a nest box etc. [...]
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