Ramblings from the Office Temp I live in Europe, and usually around this time of year we enjoy spring. This year however, there doesn’t seem to be any spring at all, temperatures below zero every night, snow and news forecasts about icebreakers needed on the big lakes are not a good sign at the end of March. This years` month of March is the coldest in history. Nature is a few weeks behind on the normal developing, but in my garden, something very spring-like has happened…… One of my chickens sits on a load of eggs and they are about to hatch. Now how cool is that! Many people tell me they love to see chickens in the garden. And you know what? It IS fun! And useful too in some ways. Did you know chickens scratch your soil, and keep it airy while they are searching for those little insects they like so much? Of course, while they do that, they also get the dirt on your carefully swept pathways, and you have to pick up that broom over and over again, but nothing in this world is free. Just think about the fresh eggs they give you every day….they taste so much better than the ones you get in the supermarket. The biggest advantage to me, as a notorious spider hater, is the fact that hardly any spiders find their way into my house. They get eaten by my chickens, way before they even get close to the house. And if one ugly monster does find its way in, and terrorizes me into a corner with nowhere to go, I fetch a chicken and they do a way better job than my husband, who is, and that goes for most men, never around when you need him for a justified killing job. But not all fun things have to be useful, do they? Chickens have their advantages, but they are mostly a lot of fun to watch and to interact with. They can get used to you, especially once they learn you are the one bringing the food, and more important…the treats.
very special rooster by Nicole W.