Since we got chickens my garden has been a mess. They scratch and dig and peck so much it is like a desert of dust out there. I got bored of trying to keep it as a nice flower and veggie patch, and planted fruit bushes and trees. At ground level I dug in hundreds of bulbs and put lots of grass seed down, I do mean lots as I’ve done it several times. Those chickens are brutal plant murders I tells ya! Nothing grows. Until now…..
Plums.
Cherries.
Gooseberries.
Blackcurrants.
Looking good right. Are you thinking that garden doesn’t seem so bad? Well up close its good, in places.
The complete view.
Not so good now huh? Chickens should come with a warning – “these birds ruin pretty gardens.”
So now my garden is properly ugly but I get eggs and soon fruit. Things are looking up.
I love a fruitful garden! I fight my cats – not as destructive as chickens but not far off. I’ve planted fruit trees and shrubs this year because I’m fed up of annual produce getting scoffed by slugs! Your plums look lovely 😉
That’s fantastic! Eggs and fruit….Who needs anything else….hehehe
We’ve only just started on our fruit growing attempts, those look fab #HDYGG
Chickens are garden demons – we used to have some until a couple of years ago when they got wiped out by severe red mite. I do miss them though, for all their scritting up grass ways, they were so much fun to watch – and nothing beats poaching a home grown egg!
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Ah lovely! Good luck with them!
You have chickens! Fab! (Less fab about them destroying your garden – I hope they lay extra eggs and say sorry in return)
All of those fruit trees are making my mouth water. Especially the plum tree. I remember having one in the garden as a kid and carrying in buckets full of the things.
Nom nom.
Thank you so much for your advice on keeping chickens (or not!) over on my blog! I love your fruit trees – these are excatly what we want on our allotment 🙂
So that is my excuse, some random chicken person is creeping into my garden at night……..
NO?? humph, thought I had an excuse for my crappy garden then lol x
Blame something else. Erm erm FOXES. I bet it is a bored fox messing up your garden?!?
I wanted to grow my own fruit trees this year. The boyfriend told me it could take up to 5 years to produce fruit, that discouraged me so I scrapped the idea. I can’t wait to see the delish morsels that will come from your trees though.
I’ve had the smaller trees about a year. 😉 It depends what you buy, check the label for exactly what the tree is and Google it. Our big cherry tree said 5 years but we had first fruit in second year, it it was only a handful. In year three and four was pretty good.
I would love to have my own fruit tree . 😀
I quite fancied the idea of hens for fresh eggs but now I may stick to veg, although I love that you are growing fruit it’s something I always fancied but just assumed wouldn’t grow over here!
If I had the room, I would keep hens for eggs and a goat as a waste disposal!