A day in the garden yesterday trimming back a lot of the dead branches from the plants that really struggled to survive the extremely long and hot summer we had this year.
Finally the days are cool enough to be out in the garden for a whole day as autumn slowly settles in.
Always so grounding and calming being out in the garden and getting my hands in the earth, no gloves in between me and the soil.
Starting at the front gate and I will work my way around the whole garden over the coming weekends, trimming and weeding and tidying up after the chicken folk as they turn the soil over looking for bugs to eat, digging little burrows for a dust bath here and there and sometimes making little nests hidden underneath the bushiest parts of the garden.
A few people that I know keep saying that the chickens should stay in their run as they find the mess that they make a bit much to deal with seeing, their own gardens are very organised and super tidy.
I don't see the point in confining the chickens, they are locked up at night obviously, but during the day they have the run of the garden, I find their presence in the garden brings me a lot of joy, their antics often cause me to laugh, especially when I let them out in the mornings and the six of them all run off in six different directions as another day begins.
Nova the newest and youngest of the flock is the most comical chicken I have had, I often find her up a tree or standing on top of one of the wood sculptures in the garden which is actually nearly as tall as I am, not sure how she gets up there, and she always does so when I don't have my camera with me. She is one wacky little chicken for sure.
They need to be free to explore and run, not kept locked away to dig in the same spot over and over.
With today being a public holiday I have the luxury of another day at home, another day of pottering about in my private healing oasis........
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