There were loads of sightings of foxes in the Canberra area over the past week, and we were away in Castlemaine in Victoria.
And then, I heard it was going to be 26, hot and windy over the next few days. So then I began to worry about my darling little seedlings, including the new tomatoes I got from the Duck Herder and Murra Mumma at the Canberra Urban Homesteaders Club meeting on the previous weekend.
I was getting more and more nervous, and it was ruining my weekend. So, I finally rang my daughter to see if she had time to do a mercy dash across town and check on my girls, and water my seedy babies. When she'd stopped laughing at me, she did promise to go.
A few hours later, I got a text with the label "Bok Bok Bok" and this photo
Phew! The girls are OK! Then I had to laugh because I had the opportunity to see how silly the annex looked all sewn up with twine from the straw bales!!
When I got home, all the seed trays were fine, and the girls had laid 8 eggs! but one was broken (it was starting to get a little crowded in there!) So, I collected all the eggs, watered the planted out seedlings and the newly planted ones in the greenhouse, and went to bed.
The next day, I went to let the girls out. All were happy to be going to the day facility again. But on the way back, look what I saw
I had left the nesting box door/lid wide open! I may as well have left a "Please Take Me" sign on the fence for the foxes! Luckily, the foxes were visiting another part of the neighbourhood last night. I don't kid myself that the perimeter is fox-proof; any fox that wanted to could get in. Only Guantanamo Chook is safe - unless you leave the bl#@$%y door open!
Anyway, all's well that ends well - and this time - I seem to have got away with the one little slip up!
I must be more careful. I must be more careful. I must be more ...
Talk soon
Greenie x
And then, I heard it was going to be 26, hot and windy over the next few days. So then I began to worry about my darling little seedlings, including the new tomatoes I got from the Duck Herder and Murra Mumma at the Canberra Urban Homesteaders Club meeting on the previous weekend.
I was getting more and more nervous, and it was ruining my weekend. So, I finally rang my daughter to see if she had time to do a mercy dash across town and check on my girls, and water my seedy babies. When she'd stopped laughing at me, she did promise to go.
A few hours later, I got a text with the label "Bok Bok Bok" and this photo
Phew! The girls are OK! Then I had to laugh because I had the opportunity to see how silly the annex looked all sewn up with twine from the straw bales!!
When I got home, all the seed trays were fine, and the girls had laid 8 eggs! but one was broken (it was starting to get a little crowded in there!) So, I collected all the eggs, watered the planted out seedlings and the newly planted ones in the greenhouse, and went to bed.
The next day, I went to let the girls out. All were happy to be going to the day facility again. But on the way back, look what I saw
I had left the nesting box door/lid wide open! I may as well have left a "Please Take Me" sign on the fence for the foxes! Luckily, the foxes were visiting another part of the neighbourhood last night. I don't kid myself that the perimeter is fox-proof; any fox that wanted to could get in. Only Guantanamo Chook is safe - unless you leave the bl#@$%y door open!
Anyway, all's well that ends well - and this time - I seem to have got away with the one little slip up!
I must be more careful. I must be more careful. I must be more ...
Talk soon
Greenie x
You were worried because it was going to be 26?? ;) Gosh. Wish I knew what that was like! :)~S.
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