No Work Chicken Gardening

Predator-proof, portable chicken tractor by Mother Earth News Magazine
Predator-proof, portable chicken tractor by Mother Earth News Magazine

I’ve been following Justin Rhodes on YouTube on his cross country tour of the best sustainable farms. In a recent episode he briefly shows how a thriving plot in his garden was made with just throwing food scraps to the chickens. The chickens scratched through it and turned the scraps into fertile compost. At this point you could plant seeds and starts of your choosing. Or you could do what Justin did and just wait and see what springs up naturally. In Justin’s garden they got peas, tomatoes, corn, and a bunch of squash and pumpkin all for free without tilling or planting.

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