Jessi Bloom
"In this essential handbook, award-winning garden designer Jessi Bloom
covers everything a gardener needs to know,
including chicken-keeping basics, simple garden plans to get you started,
tips on attractive fencing options,
the best plants and plants to avoid, and step-by-by step instructions
for getting your chicken garden up and running.
For anyone who wants a fabulous garden where colorful chickens happily roam,
this is the guide that will bring the dream home to roost."
covers everything a gardener needs to know,
including chicken-keeping basics, simple garden plans to get you started,
tips on attractive fencing options,
the best plants and plants to avoid, and step-by-by step instructions
for getting your chicken garden up and running.
For anyone who wants a fabulous garden where colorful chickens happily roam,
this is the guide that will bring the dream home to roost."
What I loved about this book,
was the way it helped me see a different way of keeping chickens.
Because the garden is designed around the chickens' needs,
it lends itself to not only providing a gorgeous garden,
but creating a safe and inviting place for the chickens.
Plants are carefully selected to offer protection from predators,
so that the chickens have access to cover should danger arise.
This allows them to free-range most of the time. I just love the idea
that the chickens have ample time outside to scratch, bughunt,
and enjoy their dust baths, knowing that they are free from peril.
I can't think of a more symbiotic relationship.
The chickens are free to roam, eating bugs and depositing manure,and the garden benefits.
The garden and the chickens are nurturing each other.
I'm so grateful to have read this book before we acquire chicks,
and I hope to incorporate the ideas on our new homestead.
was the way it helped me see a different way of keeping chickens.
Because the garden is designed around the chickens' needs,
it lends itself to not only providing a gorgeous garden,
but creating a safe and inviting place for the chickens.
Plants are carefully selected to offer protection from predators,
so that the chickens have access to cover should danger arise.
This allows them to free-range most of the time. I just love the idea
that the chickens have ample time outside to scratch, bughunt,
and enjoy their dust baths, knowing that they are free from peril.
I can't think of a more symbiotic relationship.
The chickens are free to roam, eating bugs and depositing manure,and the garden benefits.
The garden and the chickens are nurturing each other.
I'm so grateful to have read this book before we acquire chicks,
and I hope to incorporate the ideas on our new homestead.
I've read this book-even though I don't want chickens anymore (freedom to travel), but I enjoyed it thoroughly.
ReplyDeleteBack ages ago, when we did have chickens, they roamed all day. My compost heap was their favorite place. I never had to "turn the pile", they
spent the day in there doing that for me. What a sight--they had so much fun .
Have a good weekend, Daisy. I'm done with my novel.....
We're looking forward to having chickens so that we can enjoy their antics-and of course, their eggs! Glad you have the freedom you desire to travel.
DeleteDaisy, your newly found chicken book sounds like just the thing to let chickens be the best chickens they can be. Chickens have been the one most exploited creature on the planet. Their lives have been made to be terribly abused. For you to research a better way to keep chickens is very admirable. They will more assuredly return the favor with many eggs to enjoy.
ReplyDeleteHave a great free range chicken garden planning day.
I know you're right.
DeleteThanks for sharing this book! I just went over to Amazon and ordered it! We are getting ready for chickens next spring.
ReplyDeleteGlad you found the review helpful! I think you'll be pleased with the book.
DeleteOur chickens love to free range...free range in the yard...in the neighbors yard...down the street. We realized we needed more fencing in our little city yard if we were going to keep them close to home :-) This book looks fun!
ReplyDeleteIt is such a great book for gleaning ideas to customize your own chicken garden! Aren't you blessed to have your own chickens!
Deletesounds like a wonderful book!!
ReplyDeleteIt was a fun read!
DeleteHaving different viewpoints at your disposal is a great way to expand your own interests.
ReplyDeleteSo true.
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