{"id":4011,"date":"2013-07-30T13:50:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T05:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/?p=4011"},"modified":"2013-08-05T22:25:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T14:25:35","slug":"cultivating-chooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/30\/cultivating-chooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultivating Chooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"photo\"<\/a>The chickens helped me prepare the vege beds for the next round of planting. \u00a0We have fenced off two of our 6 beds to protect the leafy greens from both the chickens and the guinea fowl. \u00a0We were thinking about fencing in the whole vege patch, but that would have taken over 100m of horse resistant fencing, and I realised there was a better way after seeing how writer Jenna Woginrich had protected hers<\/a>\u00a0at Cold Antler Farm. \u00a0 I bought enough mesh to fence off each bed individually, but Brad had the bright idea of \u00a0fencing both together, leaving a walkway to make it easier to \u00a0get in to harvest the veg. \u00a0 We just used 7 star pickets and under 20m of mesh. \u00a0I am using an old bed frame as a temporary gate. \u00a0As soon as I started pulling weeds, the chickens found their way through the open gate and started scratching and digging through the ground, breaking up the clumps. \u00a0 They also ate a lot of worms, so I shooed them out when I was finished. \u00a0It was pretty relaxing hanging with the girls as they cooed and clucked and worked their magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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