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It sounds like wormwood! But that generally grows in dry areas?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_absinthium

We were in line with Europe anyway, until the DORA (Defence of the Realm Act) brought in by Lloyd George, to enable production levels to rise for the arms race and food production in the First World War. It's also DORA we have to thank for the pub closing hours, enforced to keep the workers out of t...

Mine was a readymade unit (well, put together by husband) and he's done an ok job, apart from the perches, I think! I think they seem a little narrow for their slots, so I might just get some more solid perches and a clip to clip them in. I wonder if you can use branches? We have a lot of good sized...

Did it, blocked off box with a cardboard box. There are sad little peck marks on it, but they did give in and found them this morning , both perches wrenched from the slots, all the bedding in one corner and them all bundled together!

I live in the Fens and just about everything can get waterlogged really quickly. With this in mind I built my run on a hardcore base, then a mix of mud and stones. I've also tilted it slightly towards the run-off.It's also surrouned by a gravel path, and raised just above the actual ground level. So...

Just discovered mine love tomatoes. I put the last of the toms in, and they play chicken football for a bit before they get purchase. Very amusing. I would also like to know, what are the rules on meat? I was told not to feed meat to chooks, but, what about bacon rind etc? They do happily eat the gr...

thanks oldjerry, I will seek out a bit of wood tommorrow! they are quite sweet all stuffed in there but it's a bit pooey of a morning!

They've settled in beautifully, are recognising me and the kids as we tramp up the garden with scraps, and waiting at teatime for us. They seem quite clever: they've found their way in and out of the run when i let them out and so on. BUT: all 3 of them insist on squishing into the nesting box at ni...

Ah ha! It's Agrivert. Human sludge cake. A quick web search will reveal that lots of people are worried about human pathogens remaining in the soil and there have been links to embryo deformity in animals. it's definately that, it's the same greyish sludge/soil. It HONKS! You seriously cannot even o...

According to the local smallholder next door it is sludgecake they spread, which I think is from human sewage plants? I am going to check DEFRA now, it really does honk! If you leave your washing out it takes 3 washes to get the stink off. I am in Fenland, so no animal manure in sight, it's all crop...

My book says that they love milk, especially when it is sour! And that cereal (provided it is the tasteless healthy sort I torture my kids with) is fine too. probably not coco pops though!

This might be a bit off topic, but I am curious to know what people think. Where I live in the Fens the muck spreading is starting in earnest. It means no washing can be put out and it stinks , badly, for days. It is sludge cake, (human waste) they're spreading on the field at the end of my garden. ...

Our 3 new girls arrived on Saturday. So far, they have had layer pellets in the morning, but they haven't eaten them all (I prob put too many out!) and sweetcorn, a handful of corn, lots of goosegrass I weeded that they went mental for, 3 dock leaves I hung from the coop, 2 squished plums, the lefto...

Our coop and runs are finally ready, the birds are to be collected next weekend.I have a final thing to sort out: the poo! I am unsure as to how much poo 3 birds will make. The run is earth floor, the coop is a pull out litter tray which I will line with paper and shavings. My query is really about ...

Hi there, i am Fenland too, in Chatteris. Where are you? We have found some lovely people to get our hens from. I am just starting to forage too. Bit damp at the mo, though!