Hen herding!

Great that the chickens can now get out and have a bit of an explore.  Now that they are along the road at the veg garden, they have been helping me prepare the ground for the season ahead.  Ollie knows he is not allowed on the soil and is very good about it, but it does make keeping all four hens together quite a job!

He's a bit of a mucky pup in this shot as we had a very muddy walk before I got down to a bit of digging!  The soil here is amazingly dry compared to what it's like in our own garden.  There it is very claggy and not fit to dig at all at the moment, but lots of things are starting to grow, so not all doom and gloom!