About Me!
Hi, I am a 56 year old ex-secretary who moved to the wilds of Lincolnshire to escape the ‘rat race’ Hubby and I along with our chickens, Dog (Penny) and Cat (Sooty) live on a half acre plot in a 3 bedroomed house. Since moving here 5 years ago, I have started growing my own veggies, and now as well as a decent sized veg patch, I have 3 greenhouses and a 24ft polytunnel!
I love cooking, but before, when I was working in London, I didn’t get much time, but now I have started making my own wine again, and Jams and bread, and I love it! No more getting up at 4.30am to get to the station for the commuter rush!!
JudyM said,
October 6, 2007 @ 1:22 pm
An entertaining read! I can identify with the relief to get away from commuting to London. I worked in Whitehall for – oh about a thousand years! Did your CDs work at entertaining your little chicks?
grannieannie said,
October 6, 2007 @ 10:31 pm
Hi Judy, thanks for your comment. I tried to send you an email as it hadn’t appeared on the blog, but it got returned as undeliverable!
Yes, the CD’s do help keep them occupied, but not as much as the
lettuces and sweetcorn do!!!! They also love chickweed. Drives em
potty!!!! lol
But anything that hangs up just above their heads is good, as they peck at it rather than their mates!!!! Watch it if you hang it up by string though, as they chomp through it.
As the hardboard is 2ft off the ground, I just have a really thick cane or piece of wood hanging from one side to the other, with a butcher’s hook or similar hanging down and hang the lettuce from that. The CD’s did have thick string hung from the wood, but they’ve eaten their way through it all, so at the moment, I don’t have any CD’s hanging.