Gardening with Chickens: Plans and Plants for You and Your Hens

By Lisa Steele and Lisa Steele

Book Overview

Welcome to a world where chickens and gardens coexist

Join Lisa Steele, chicken-keeper extraordinaire and founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, on a unique journey through the garden. Start by planning your garden and learning strategies and tips for keeping your plants safe while they grow. Plant with purpose, choosing from a dozen plans for theme gardens such as Orange Egg Yolks or Nesting Box Herbs. Or choose a design that's filled with edibles - sharing the bounty with your family and your feathered friends. Then comes the fun part: enjoy the harvest, even let the chickens graze

Lisa's friendly writing, together with inspirational photos and illustrations, will have you rolling up your sleeves and reaching for your gardening tools. Lisa also covers a range of topics just for chicken-keepers, including:

- Chickens and composting

- Using chickens to aerate and till

- Coop window boxes

- Plants to avoid when you have chickens

- Lists of the most valuable crops and herbs

- Advice on how to harvest and use many of the plants

- And much more

Whether you're an experienced chicken keeper, master gardener, or just getting into these two wonderful hobbies, Gardening with Chickens is an indispensable guide for a harmonious homestead.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760350477
• ISBN13: 9780760350478
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.9" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

This book has so much information to make keeping chickens easier for you.

Your chickens will be healthy and happy little bug patrols. You will not reqret getting any book written by lisa steele. She has an engaging writing style. The books are interesting and fun to read.