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Archive of entries posted on May 2013

A very pleasing dilemma

Posted by Richard on 30 May 2013, 10:09 am

With the completion of our move looming tomorrow I find that, in a quiet moment at work this morning, my thoughts turn to a dilemma which has been on my mind intermittently over the last few weeks. Among all the hassles of selling and buying property not to mention applying for a mortgage (twice!) this has never …

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The Chicken Diagnosis

Posted by Richard on 16 May 2013, 4:10 pm

No, this isn’t the title of a new Robert Ludlum novel – just a post about some recent chicken problems! Luck or judgement We have been very lucky with the health of our 3 chickens and in just over one year there have been no major problems at all. I wouldn’t try to claim this is …

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Rhubarb progress

Posted by Richard on 14 May 2013, 8:36 am

After checking up on the older posts I realised that a rhubarb update was long overdue and now I’ve also finally remembered to take some decent pictures to accompany this. It’s hard to believe that it is now 2 months since the first signs of growth and my initial concerns that one variety was taking …

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A job well done

Posted by Richard on 5 May 2013, 8:01 am

Sometimes you just need to believe the weather forecast – not always, just sometimes. Based on their recent predictions I decided that Saturday was going to be spring cleaning day for the chicken house and run. I even got the jet washer out of retirement for the occasion although that needed a little encouragement before …

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