Composting

Raising chickens and gardening go hand in hand  You may know that you can improve your garden with your chickens, but have you tried composting to improve your garden?  It’s a simple way to reduce your waste and make your garden better, all at the same time

What is composting?

Composting is a method of reducing waste and turning it into something that gardeners like to call ‘black gold’  When you compost, you take kitchen and household waste and allow it to break down  Many waste materials, especially from the kitchen, contain valuable nutrients that plants need  With enough compost, you

Methods for Preserving Fresh Garden Vegetables

A home vegetable garden can provide you and your family with an abundance of healthy and delicious food Today we’re providing some methods for preserving fresh garden vegetables The extra garden goodies can be preserved so that your family can enjoy them all year long Traditionally, foods were dried or cured Don’t worry though, these aren’t your only options to preserve your food Modern methods allow us to preserve foods in ways that are safe and delicious

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Chickens and the Vegetable Garden

Millions of Americans proudly harvest tomatoes, squash, beans, lettuce and a host of other vegetables from their backyard garden Delicious, fresh, clean homegrown vegetables are far superior to counterparts purchased in the supermarket
The satisfaction that vegetable gardening creates extends to backyard chickens No market egg is ever as delicious as the one laid in a backyard coop Fortunately, few activities are as compatible as backyard chickens and gardening Chickens can help perform some of the most dreary gardening chores while converting pesky insects and weeds into eggs
Successfully meshing chickens with gardens can be tricky They

Letting The Girls Do The Work

Opening a box of just delivered peeping baby chicks is an exciting spring event Perhaps not as dramatic but just as fascinating is dropping bean, squash, corn, lettuce, and many other garden seeds in moist spring soil Both chicks and seeds promise delicious future food
About the time those spring chickens start laying, the summer garden is fading and tired as fall’s days shorten Then comes one of the least exciting of garden chores Dried vines, leaves, stems, tomato cages, and row markers need to be carted off to tidy up the space to rest for next