I have been trying to grow a successful veg garden since we moved out to the farm. Previously I was a flower gardener and I think that I was good at it. I don't know if it is that gardening vegetables is that much harder than flowers or if it is just that the soil here is different than what I grew up with.
I have begun planning my garden for this coming year so that I can best plan our Chicken Moat. I discovered this idea of keeping chickens around the garden on the internet quite by accident. I think that this is a great idea. This coming year we want to have about 40-50 laying hens and about 50 meat birds that we can raise as free range as we can manage. Trial and error seems to be our way of adaptation.
Hopefully by this time next year when/if we experience another snow deposit like last nights, we will be able to enjoy (worry free) our own organically grown produce and meat and not have to worry about heading off to the store for veg.
This is all apart of our lifestyle change. Not to grow everything ourselves necessarily but to procure healthy food so that our bodies can be healthy. Until then, let the planning continue and the imagination free. I also hope that I don't take on more than I can chew.
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