After enormous amounts of water yesterday (is there really a never ending supply of it up there...?) the day today is, I am happy to report, much lighter and brighter. So once again I dare to venture outdoors to see how my garden and critters are faring.
And after a quick inspection it does indeed seem that they are dealing with the weather better than yours truly does... My veggies are growing, as are my cut flowers, and there is a pleasing variety of both to be cut and collected/consumed whenever the need arises.
As for my "Easter chicken" (which arrived newly hatched a few days before Easter, hence the name), they too are thriving, and I have finally been able to collect the first freshly laid (but ever so small) eggs. Which makes for a pleasant change, as I have not had "home grown" eggs for months.
But of course about half of the chicken turned out to be roosters (it is quite impossible to tell them apart until they are a fair size), but that is another matter that needs to be dealt with... (anyone for a handsome rooster or two...?)
My perennial garden has reached its prime, and is actually already well past it, leaving it for the roses and annuals (in the cutting garden) to bring the desired colour into the garden. Even though most of my roses are not repeat flowering ones, they do bloom for the longest time, like these two (Maiden´s Blush and Raubritter).
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Hei Mia
Ja, jammen regnet det i går og hagen har fått en del vann å hamle opp med. Jeg har måttet klippe en del visne knopper og blomster, men sant som du sier at de engangsblomstrende blomstrer lenge i år. Det har nok noe med de såpass lave temparaturene å gjøre.
Koselige bilder fra hagen din, som alltid, Mia.
Ønsker deg fine hagedager fremover. Tror det blir bra i morgen også. :-)
Beste hilsen fra Trine
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It's all so lovely - even the garden nearly past its prime is a beautiful place. I can understand your delight at having your own eggs again. I really don't like buying eggs in the grocery store.
Your flowers look lovely! I like your rows of calendula in your veggie garden. They are such happy flowers, aren't they?
Lovely photos on a beautiful day. I see you have some orange flowers in your garden:) Your vegetables look healthy.
Hello, your garden is so wonderful and the table in white is great. I like it very much. Have a nice week.
Love Tina
Hello Mia !
Nice beds of flowers and vegetables !
My lonely hen should be very happy to have such an handsome rooster with her but we're a little bit too far !!!!
Mia, your garden does seem to handle all the rain very well. Everything looks quite lovely. I agree that even "maturing" flowers have a special beauty.
Hoping that a good home will soon be found for your "extra" rooster. I guess that the alpha rooster would not wish for a co-star amongst his hens.
Lucky you to have such fresh eggs!
Best wishes. xo
Beautiful roses and such healthy looking Chooks. (Chooks: Aussie slang for chickens)
My roses are just sticks at the moment...we are waiting for the Spring weather to arrive.
Garden is looking lovely. We too have had alot of rain and our vegetable plot seems behind. We need the sun now. What happened to your previous chickens?
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