Chris and Steve's Weblog – City Chickens

Meet Jackson, Rosie and Flower. Our new call ducklings hatched on 22nd June and seen here just about to have a swim in the big ducks pond.

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We went down to the plots last night at about eight o clock to do a bit of watering and came home with a lettuce, some raddishes and a piled high bowl of strawberries. We ate quite a lot after tea and I prepared eight boxes for the freezer. They are lovely again this year and we have [...]

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Look at me. One week old already.

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All the Pak Choi seedlings, that I started from seed saved from last year, are now in the ground at the plots in various places where ever I could find the space. They surprised me with the numbers of seeds that germinated successfuly. Last season we never got to eat any as they all bolted [...]

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Rob has built yet another brassica cage and last night he planted up all the cabbages, cauliflowers and the sprouts. The cage is built with eye catching red netting given to us by my son Sean and it looks great. The sprout plants were bought from D T Brown in Newmarket and are an F1 [...]

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Getting to feel at home.

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