Cheeky chicks

If they aren't making mischief somewhere.., photos here show Buck Bucky and Mrs Bun sunbathing with Lunar in the shade of the raspberry canes, Lunar in amongst the veg patch and the hens running to the backdoor ahead of me to be fed. I love the animation hens give the garden; it's very therapeutic watching little feathered bundles waddling around. The cat doesn't think so though, once again being seen off by Baby Bun. Those chickens really don't understand it should be the other way around and neither does Scaredy Cat so they continue to chase her away.

Another type of teeny egg

What with Poppy laying her third egg we also have minuscule egg plants; rich purple skinned au regimes no bigger than a sprout! Small is beautiful.

An ill wind.

Having caught a virus from a work colleague I'm off work. It drives me to distraction when I have time on my hands but no energy to do anything so after another day of doing nothing I wandered around the garden to take photos for you. First we have success in the greenhouse with Luke's tomatoes ripening.

 

Next the hibiscus is flowering well, as is the hollyhock.

 

 

The gladioli screams for attention with it's lime colour and the wild flowers, though knocked back in last week's stormy weather, is still a bank of lemon to attract the hover flies. The cut price Verbascum has flowered again after I cut back the initial stems.

 

 

 

Onto the veg patch, I took my eye off the ball and our cheeky chicks nibbled the tops off my carrots whilst the onions, not having had their stems bent over, have bolted.
The good news is we have the second egg from Poppy.