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Update on the chicks

All three chicks with mum. Alex is the darker one.







Proud "parent"









Cuties








Sue chick now she is fluffed up like the others.

New chicks at the Dingle

Our hard-working surrogate mother hen has successfully hatched three new chicks: Jen, Alex and Sue.


Mother hen and Jen







Jen (left) and Alex, who we think is a boy







Sue very soon after hatching

More produce

Growing is going well ... the salads and veg are springing up.

Peppers, marrow, courgettes and tomatoes







Blackcurrants, cabbage (our first!), runner beans, broad beans and peas.

Looking rather nice

View across the petunias in the new border.










Another view of the house.








The coach house looking great.







The lavender hedge

A visitor to the Dingle

Here is Dolly - who spent a few days with us in late May

Behold ... the Crystal Palace

Well nearly - here are the first shots of the lovely new greenhouse. At present it lacks staging, beds and plants but hey thats detail!

View of the new greenhouse looking down past the chicken shed to the house.





Here you can see the greenhouse behind the chicken shed.