A few days ago we were shopping in town when I came across a florist with some chicken buckets filled with pink hyacinths. They were marked down to half price because the florist said they had been around a while and were getting a bit battered. I couldn’t resist buying two of them, one for Jackie and one for myself.
The buckets don’t have drainage holes so I am going to keep mine on the patio until they have flowered then I will plant the hyacinths in the garden and re-purpose the bucket.
A bucket of hyacinths
Jackie was thrilled with her bucket and in exchange gave me a bag of dandelions from the allotment for the girl’s dandelion patch that I am starting and a bag of seed potatoes. One of her friends also gave me a bunch of daffodils from the allotment.
The biggest clump of dandelion had quite a bit of grass with it so I gave that the to the girls yesterday afternoon and the rest I planted in their patch.
The girl’s dandelion patch
You can see how interested the girls are in their patch. They go crazy when I pull leaves off and put them through the wire for them.
Else where in the garden are plenty of signs of spring.
Miniature daffodils
Primula
Pulmonaria
The clocks go forward an hour tonight so the evenings will be lighter and it will feel even more like spring. The chickens are laying and the garden is blooming and spring feels like it really is on it’s way.
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I always think .. What goes round comes around!
My chicken bucket is just lovely and our going to the allotment digging up the dandelions was such a good idea as you received the lovely bunch of daffodils.
You are the first person I have ever known to actually plant dandelions although people do make wine from them and use them in salads .
I am so looking forward to the long light evenings , it’s been a long grim winter .
I agree, one good turn often leads to another. I probably am the only person cultivating a dandelion patch but look at the chooks little faces though looking at those dandelions. I too am looking forward to light evenings and can’t wait for some sun. It seems so long ago since I have sat in the garden and soaked up the sun.