Edible Yards

Chickens in the vegetable garden. It sounds like a good idea, right? Well, I guess it depends on the season. We let our chickens free range in our garden this time of year. There’s not much the chickens can destroy in the garden – in the above picture, our barred rocks nibble on some swiss chard that is past its prime. Of course, chickens provide all kinds of benefits to the garden. They fertilize it, rid it of bad bugs, aerate the soil and eat weeds. But of course, where there is a pro, there is usually a con. Chickens will also chow down on your plants and eat your earthworms and poop on your edibles! But hey, as long as you have some sort of chicken tractor that keeps them contained in certain sections of your garden, the combination works great!