Ivan has been working hard to design a chicken house that would work for our garden using this mans method of using chickens to keep his garden weed and pest free.
I am excited to show you his version of the chicken tunnels. He still has plans for expanding it but already we can see a big difference from last year. The ear wigs just about destroyed our garden and finally Ivan had to resort to spray.
For nesting boxes Ivan used 5 gallon buckets and I can gather the eggs with out even going into the pen. My husband is so talented! The best part is we have been using this for a little over two weeks now and it works so well. The only place I need to weed now is right in the row where the crop is coming up. The chickens love it too. We got adult chickens from the hatchery who had spent there lives in buildings just laying eggs. I think they thought they had died and gone to chicken heaven. They have been working so hard clearing the rows of weeds I am so proud of them! Guess what else I have not seen any bugs in the garden!!
One of the nice things about having the chicken pen right at the garden is all the weeds that I pull in the rows I toss in the pin with the chickens. By the next day they have pretty well cleaned them up as well as working to keep the rows picked clean.
I am also pleased to say we have started harvesting our first crop from the garden. The lettuces is going to be in abundance with enough to share with everyone. I have been working on thinning the beets the greens taste so good. I decided to try freezing some I harvested enough I hoped for several bags but once blanched they didn't look like so many. I ended up with two bags. The process was very simple so I will continue to freeze beet greens until they are done for the season. Although they are so good I don't know how much will actually make it that far.
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