Chickens!

Life on the Moor is fine, I love the peace and tranquillity of this place.

As we are still working on the house and I have just had eye surgery our smallholding crops are very scaled down this year, the soft fruits planted over the past few years have cropped really well especially the strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants and gooseberries. The potatoes are doing well, but the rocket has been feeding the slugs and snails - we haven't had a leaf yet.

Its the chickens that are causing grief we haven't had an egg in weeks, they are laying one or two eggs but then eat them before we get to them. As I keep saying they will have to go, our neighbours have replaced theirs but ours are happy and healthy enough and its doesn't seem right to kill them! so I keep feeding them, good job we don't rely on them for income - but I do hate having to buy eggs!!!