Responsibilities

Feeding the dogs their dry foods with a spoon of wet tinned dog food mixed in - around 7.30 am and 6.30 pm . Taking them for walks once or twice a day . The longer the better although 20 minutes up the footpath would do in very heavy rain! Feeding Ella half a sachet of wet cat food twice a day and both cats dry food on demand in different places ( although they eat each others too) , All 4 are on different Dry foods and should not eat each other’s ideally as Ella is on a senior 11+ diet but the cats do eat each others. Zola is on a satiety diet as she is always hungry and would get fat if she could eat regular dog food . Chickens need food topped up every other day in winter but less frequently when there is fresh grass to eat and a couple of handfuls of corn an hour before they go in at dusk in winter to keep their bellies full and keep them warm. They are given fresh water too if they do not have access to the stream as it gets blocked in winter with leaves or may dry up in summer. Chickens need letting out each morning and shutting in at night to protect them from foxes. From May onwards 3 hanging baskets and a dozen or so pots of flowers on the patio need watering with water from the pond ( 3 watering can loads a day). Grass Lawn in front and side of house needs cutting fortnightly or every 10 days in summer with electric mower. Depending on the time of year there maybe veg to water in the small greenhouse and small polytunnel and even to pick and enjoy if we go away for any length of time and they would go to waste.but in 2024 we are having a year off gardening as we are travelling so much and friends are taking over our veg garden . No medications at the moment .