We have had a few frosts lately so my husband decided to dig up the allotment chard before the frosts got it. It had survived so far because the netting had protected it from the frost. By digging it up it would keep longer and we could give one plant at a time to the girls.
This kept the girls entertained all day and at the end of the day I picked up the bare stems. They love any kind of greens.
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It is amazing how they can strip any green plant of all its greenery and leave just a pathetic-looking stem! They obviously loved it.
You are so right. I love seeing the bare stems ready for me to collect.
Happy girls.
I’ve just given them today’s chard and they are straight onto it. I have one more lot for tomorrow.