The grass on our "lawn" (that small area between the house and the summerhouse that we try and keep hen free) is recovering reasonably well from the drought. There are still some horrible bald patches which could, if the Girls get on them, turn into large raw aras.
The grass inside the area fenced off for the girls was not recovering so well. Not surprising, as there were so many extra feet and beaks on it, it just can't recover. We changed the shape of their area a while ago, taking some of the baldest patches out and goving them some untouched areas. Those bald patches arestill baldish - less so, but not well enough to put back in. The new areas are well trodden and grazed.
DH surprised me the other day by suggesting we open up the vegetable beds to the girls. I was thinking of suggesting we do this when winter was more underway. To have DH suggest it at all was a bit of a surprise, so I agreed and he went off and sorted it out. It gives the girls a bit more grass, a border, and a couple of raised beds to explore.
The Girls were very pleased
It means they now have about 2/3rds of the garden.
I imagine that we will end up giving them the whole of the garden before winter is out.
