After an absence of a couple of years it is time to update the Blog with details of some of the projects we have completed (and then try to keep it up to date...) So in no particular order...
Following the demise of Pippa, Will needed some new companions so we bought three more ducks.There was clearly a slight communication breakdown with the breeder as whilst they might be Campbells, they clearly are not Khaki....
We now needed a bit more than a paddling pool for them to swim in so got a local groundwork contractor to dig us a pond. It was partially cut into the slope of the field and water retained with an embankment.
The pond is filled from the stream that runs down the side of the field, however, this dries up in the Summer and so time will tell if we need to install a liner.However, at the time when it was dug (March 2014) it filled up in about a day. As small spillway returns the flow to the stream.
We now have four very happy ducks who reward us with an egg a day (well three of them do; Will has gone into retirement)
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