Wisteria and chickens
Wow it’s been beautiful, hasn’t it? We’re really starting to feel at home in this house now (well I am, the kids were settled pretty much straight away). Here at English Towers II our little garden is actually a bit of a revelation, what with the gorgeous Wisteria that’s emerging, draping itself over the wrought iron arch that leads to the vegetable patch and the greenhouse:
As you can see, I’m still working on that vegetable patch, hence the weeds, but I’ve planted some peas:
…and a little herb border:
…and underneath all those weeds and nettles, I was delighted to find old strawberry plants and raspberries already there, both of which are happily flowering. This, it seems, is the benefit of inheriting a garden off an older person – it may be slightly overgrown, but there are treasures just waiting to be discovered:
…like this beautiful old lilac tree which leans, like the Wisteria over the ancient brick garage:
What’s the old saying? You plant Magnolia for your children and Wisteria for your grandchildren? I have no idea how old this beauty is, but walking under its blooms to potter in the little greenhouse has become one of my nightly pleasures. And then, after plenty of swearing, I put together the chicken ark (the more eagle-eyed amongst you will notice that at this stage I had forgotten to slide the little door into place and had to take the whole bloody thing apart again):
and yesterday we picked up our chickens, a beautiful, lavender coloured Bluebelle and a white Sussex Star (and look at the Wisteria now, just a couple of days after the first shot):
My only concern is that they haven’t been introduced to the Ninja Cat of Death yet, but seeing as she’s still quite small, I’m hoping they’ll keep her in her place. Still, as with all things in my life, it has the potential to go horribly wrong. I’ll keep you informed…
Garden looks fab……as do the chickens!
You should come up for a gardening holiday
I’m hoping for my rose garden this autumn. The little ‘rooms’ in the garden are growing (hedges, really) and in the orchardy bit, the trees were just drooping with blossoms! Hurrah!
I know that Sweetie lurks here (He was MOST complimentary on the Figleaves shoot, the big Perv) so I’ll type this with feeling…
I WANT A DOG!!!!
Thank you. I’m done!
And Colin, get the poor girl a dog. She’s at home all day FFS!
Ooh yes, haven’t seen your new garden yet – will we get photos? xx
I’m attempting baking cupcakes (buns!)this evening – I have the hummingbird bakery cookbook, is it any good??!
One morning when I opened up the coop he sprang out in a state of shock, I’d locked him in with them!
Oh no! Poor Athelston (that’s a great cat name, by the way). I wonder if it cured him of his chicken worrying?!
Ninja got a good hard peck on the head when she got too close today – I think she might also be cured! xx
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so, will you come over here and help us with our small garden too… you seem to enjoy it … also, come collect these damn chickens !
Good luck with the chickies. The lavender is a fab colour. And love NCoD looks very cute too.