Our New Life in the Country: Expanding the Empire

Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Expanding the Empire

Can you spot the difference in the header shot and this picture. Yes, that's right we are expanding our little chicken empire. Last week our second Henhouse was delivered and on Saturday, (in the rain, just like last time) we assembled the new house.

We have bought both houses from Flyte So Fancy who offer a brilliant service, and such a well thought out design. It took the two of us just under an hour to unpack, read the instructions and assemble the house and now it is rock solid and just waiting to be filled.

The chickens meanwhile, are busy each and every day rooting through the manure in the new raised beds, determined not to miss anything tasty that could be found before we fill them in with topsoil.

Luckily a friend is currently taking top soil off a customers garden ready for a garden makeover and we offered ourselves as a dumping ground for any surplus soil, not a bad swap for a curry and a couple of pints at the local hostelry, the fact that we will have to join him and his wife is no bad thing either!!

Sue xx

6 comments:

Sal10 February 2010 at 08:38
I love the little hen houses...I want one (even though I have no hens!)
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landcuckoo10 February 2010 at 11:24
Ooo yes, good swaps! Looking forward to seeing the new hens xx
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Helen10 February 2010 at 16:44
Of course I'm blown away by the fact that something from across the pond from YOU is going to be winging its way to me. I have sent my address in a separate email ....

WOW!!!!
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Callies Cottage10 February 2010 at 19:57
The hen houses are so lovely..Love the heart detail.Wishing you a happy new brood..not that I know what a group of chickens in called??!?
Warm Wishes,
Cally x
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Pixiedust11 February 2010 at 08:09
I have Hen envy! lol. The Hen houses are so pretty and the hens look so happy rooting around in that s*** aahhemmm Manure! Have a good weekend. xxx Pixie xxx
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Charlotte11 February 2010 at 14:27
It's looking lovely Sue!

Good to have the reference to - not sure we'll ever get there but IF Mike can be persuaded about the chickens, it'll be a starting point for houses.

I see you have an Eglu too. I once thought about one for my bunny(s). Crikey they're expensive though aren't they!

Thank you so so so so so so much for my lavender goodies. They arrived on Tuesday and I waited until today to open them when I could take a bit of time and enjoy it (the last couple of days have been horribly busy). So lovely. I will write a proper post about them. Thank you so much. The little cotton heart is in front of me now. Perched on my desk lamp.

Lots of love
Charlotte
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

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