Awww! When the chicks hatch, slip them under her at night, when she's sleepy, so she'll wake to the new chicks in the morning. Hopefully none the wiser!
Oh man, he could've gone out and helped you with the gates! Sheesh. I hear you on catching up... I'm so far behind with outside chores here, it's not even funny...
You're welcome :) I really, really hope his last procedure will be his LAST now. The poor man went through so much with his eyes.
Goodness, you had your work cut out moving those bales! It would've been handy if you had someone that could at least get those gates for you...
FEM, if your DH still has issues with cataracts (I can't remember now, sorry!) this may be of interest to him:
https://www.the-open-mind.com/goodbye-surgery-scientists-made-eye-drops-that-dissolve-cataracts/
Stay safe over there, FJ! We're having near winter temperatures in June. Something about a high pressure trapped between 2 low pressures (could be the other way around) and as a result we've been having unusually cold and very wet weather for over a week now :\ I scrolled through my Google...
Congrats on the first strawberries! :) Soon you are going to have many, many more. The rock situation is a bother, yes... I spent years digging them out of one of my previous gardens. Going over the same patch every year. Someone told me rocks move around in the soil and will always end up where...
Funny, we talked about the cost of bread and I went into town and a saw a store had a sign outside offering loafs at 65C each. That is a bit less than I usually pay, but I passed for now.
@wyoDreamer I always line dried washing in S.A. but at one of our houses I learned a good lesson: Don't put...
That's nuts! I pay around €1.35 to €1.75 per loaf, depending on the shop and brand. If I get to a cheap supermarket like Aldi, I can pick up a loaf for under €1...
I used to bake and sell bread, years ago. Haven't baked any in a long, long time though.