its been a while - what with COVID and twitter as means of keeping people informed.
But we've had Storm Henk. And its left some damage
Some trees
And some walling
And a fruit cage
SO ive got a bit of work to do. The fruit cage is tied down so it will wait.When it warms up a bit I'll be busy
We had a quite a lot of rain last winter and one of the 'to-do' job has been mending the pond.
Quite a lot of a side of the pond got washed away .
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So a few stones and a few (!) barrel-loads of soil and the pond has a side and the fence posts are hopefully protected from the soil around them being washed away . The plan , whne the pond is ow next spring/summer is to put a load more soil on the bank, up to the existing height. If stuff regrows and the roots stabilise the soil and help prevent it being washed away , it should last a few more year.s
But we've had quite a lot of rain in the last 24 hours.
heres the pond as it currently is
My nice little stone wall is at the far side of the pond, under about 3 feet of water.
and, for what its worth is the water flowing into the pond.
When the rain stops, and the flow decreases , what remains of the wall may reappear.
The ducks get locked into their run of an evening. They are a bit haphazard about where they lay eggs - they usually lay in the morning - so we keep them locked up until mid-morning to stand a chance of knowing where they have laid eggs.
But the drake didn't appear with them one evening . he had been limping a bit for a couple of days.
And a couple of days later we eventually found him .
And we think its was probably a hungry otter - the otter has got into the chest and eaten the contents ( heart and lungs)
And it was our only drake. So we are on the lookout for a replacement. If we wnat to try and hatch some ducklings we will need a drake to do the business.
I spotted a fragment of shell when checking on the feed for the sitting hen. One of the eggs was very sloshy so it was removed . And we have 2 goslings
So we will move them on and put them into a bigger run out on the grass.
Went along the drive ( to topup the eggs-for-sale box)
And saw this
Lots of feathers on the road...........................
And looking more closely
Blood on the road
And hunting around
So someone came round the bend and the cockerels was out exploring at just the wrong moment.
It's usual to knock on the door and say "I'm really sorry , but ......."
Bit this driver didnt .
At the moment we dont want any more chickens.
And we have a broody hen.
And we have a goose that is laying eggs but at the moment isnt incubating them.
So
Weve taken some eggs from the nest that the goose has made
And introduced the hen to them .,And she is incubating them
