I spent the majority of today in the garden hitting things with hammers. And most enjoyable it was too. Unfortunately we’ve recently lost a couple of chickens and a duck to the local fox, and so I decided my previously rather slack poultry containment efforts needed shoring up. The aim…

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This morning I’ve spent a good couple of hours working on my garden fence. It seems the chickens and the ducks have banded together to form the A.D.F.E.C (Allied Domestic Fowl Escape Committee), and are working towards driving me into an early grave. The chickens have somehow figured how to…

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There is a secret to gardening that they don’t tell you in any of the books or TV shows. But it’s a secret that’s well worth knowing none-the-less: Always take your glasses off before you go out to do some work in the garden. This year alone I have lost…

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