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Wow. Nice picture. I seem incapable of taking good pictures of the full moon. I have tried multiple times and they are all awful.

At night I do the trick Shad taught us of pressing in the back of their legs so they step back on my arm. Only Dotty doesn’t do that. Then as I get close to the exam area I put my other hand gently on their wings so I have a bit more control. In the day for some of them I can pick them up from...

I have done that before for sure. But the second one was theater with a close friend so actually something I wanted to do.

:goodpost: I don’t think this will work for you but last night I had two events. I used the second one as an excuse to depart early from the first. I was still drained after!

Awww - that is sweet of you to say. On the fencing - I guess my point is that there are tricks without fencing properly that will deter deer. I have a very heavy deer load and no fence around the property (I am part of a wildlife corridor from a nature reserve so I think real fencing would be...

One trick with deer is they don’t like to feel ‘enclosed’. They can jump over quite high fences, but they won’t jump over a much lower one into an area that is also fenced. So what often helps is a sort of ‘double fence’ in areas you want to protect. Two fences about 4-6’ apart. It doesn’t have...

In my experience deer are completely without corruption - you can try bribing them all you want and they will still eat your garden! :lau

Glad to see there are some real gardeners around who value the chicken shit. Chickens produce the best manure for plants. Sheep are pretty good too. Horses not so much as they don’t digest the weed seeds.

I believe the reputation of being 'too hot' is actually only about new seedlings. I don't think fresh chicken poo burns anything that has established itself. I have never had an issue putting it fresh around plants - but for seedlings I would only use it well aged.

Some of the farms around me sell it by the bucket (bring your own bucket). I don't know if they rot it down first or not. I use mine straight from the run onto the plants and it seems to work fine.

I was wondering the same. Any true gardener would be sneaking in and stealing the stuff!

Is that the Clifton Suspension Bridge?

Yes. It is not native in the US so considered an invasive species. For me the native legumes (all legumes fix nitrogen) are mainly peas but also lupine.

You can usually find a native alternative to most plants. Everywhere has legumes of one sort or another - it just takes some research! Clover is not native to the US but has become ubiquitous. Eradicating it now would be impossible so I will leave it be. Interestingly my white clover seems to...

I am dying to see Venka's chicks growing up. Hope you will share pictures!

What a great article. Reading it has made me late to go to the hardware store for some chicken coop essentials but it was well worth it. It has also left me feeling good about the forage area my Princesses have and my habit of sitting with them in the evening while they forage. I wonder why...

What a lovely family. I am no expert but that little one looks quite healthy to me.

I don't know enough to advise. All I can say is I worried about my chickens the first July 4th but they were completely unconcerned. My cats do not like fireworks or thunder but the chickens seem not to care about either. They are also no put off by leaf blowers or mechanical diggers. Strange...

Agree!

Oh not at all. I am painfully familiar with your distress. Different circumstances but very stressful. Mostly eventually they sort it out. :hugs