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Hi welcome!

well whoever didnt lay this morning must have felt a bit leftout cos this afternoon another lovely egg!!!

welcome!!

one of my girls, ruby or rosie laid their first egg this morning!! it was still warm! how will I cook it? think I will go for poached on some of my home grown spinach!!

I should think they should survive if you are careful replanting them.. dig a bigger hole than the pot put in some compost and water, I usually try and put my homemade seaweed feed in the hole! firm them in well and water again..you may lose a few of the older leaves but they will soon make new grow...

my old cat is twenty this year so has given up hunting rabbits..he still keeps the barn stables and tackroom mouse free though!! He used to catch loads baby rabbits and leave us the present of rabbit trousers as we used to call them! he also bought a pheasant home once. hes curled up in the hay barn...

thanks! I will look out for them..but awful hard to get any diff seeds here..will have to send away!

I think you will be ok sowing some now as they are quick o come up this time of year, the purple sproutin is def frost proof...not sure about the calabresse, I have only just planted out some baby ones so fingers crossed! worth a try as we seem to get better autumn weather here then summer! good luc...

I have grown the olympia one this year and have harvested lots of very good size heads. my daughter is gobsmacked that it looks like shop stuff ! cheek of it! tastes much better! my little purple sprouting plants coming on well now too so will hopefully have plenty all next spring! yum yum! :icon_sm...

hey theres room for you all! come on over! but you have to lke rain!!

my sister has lived in gironde for last 17 years and is forever tantilising me with her daily temps!

hi and thanks everybody! its raining again tonight and just been out to shut up the girls and they came clucking out! Daft things and I want to put on my pyjamas! ponies now have a banner out protesting about my meaness in not getting them in!they are well covered in fat and have big trees to shelte...

wish I could, went out at 10 to shut ruby and rosie my hens and the ponies were most put out not to come in,,,I keep telling them its summer!!!

now horse poo features quite heavily in my life!! :icon_smile: Have had horses since I can remember and lovely fertile gardens too!! I make big heaps in pallet containers< two wide> and usually have 3 on the go during the 6 months over winter when cherry and willow are in at night. Keep them covered...

you can have some of ours! we did get 3 weeks of dry weather but now we are getting that 3 weeks this past week!