Keeping chickens out of your garden beds

Keeping wildlife out of the garden

Hi, I'm new to the forum, this is my first garden and I don't want to go through all of the hardships in regards to animals so I'm planning on enclosing my entire garden in a 24' X 24' square 8' tall cage (with top). We are planning to use 1/2"

Raised Beds and Summer Heat

I have been SFGing over the winter here in Phoenix and have had excellent results! My beds are on saw horses and am worried that the soil may get too hot for the plants since the warm air can circulate around the entire bed (ie the bottoms of the beds ar

Lovin' raising chickens in the Kootenays!

Well, I love the new forum look! Spring is almost here and I am counting down the days until my hatching eggs arrive. I am totally nervous about buying hatching eggs, I have never hatched my own chicks before. So look forward to hearing about

raising beds off the ground

So we moved to our rental in October and the rains really started a few months ago. Long story short our property backs to a fairly used road and the house itself sits say 15 feet below street level with a 10 foot area making a steep slope ending at hip

Keeping cats out of the SFG

I have several cats that I'd like to keep out of my garden. I was planning to use twine as grids. Does anyone have any advice or tips to share? Sandy

Powdered sulphur for gardens okay for chickens?

My partner needs to spread some powdered sulphur over his freshly planted blueberries in an area where our chickens free range. He will mix it in so it's not visible and put sawdust over it. Two links I've found on it says it's actually good to give

Self-fertilizing Chicken Run/Garden???

Hi everyone...this is my first time posting on the forum, and may I just say - this is a GREAT forum and one of my two absolute favorites, with the other being backyardchickens.com! I'm just getting started with SFG and I'm in my first year of raising

The History Of Ornamental Fish Keeping

Ornamental fish keeping has it's origins with the Chinese who kept the Crucian Carp for ornamental purposes as early as 960 a.d. These fish were selectively bred to create the Common Goldfish. This sparked a great interest in Europe in the 1700's. In the

Directions for Building Simple Raised Beds

Directions for Building Simple Raised Beds By Ellen Brown There are several advantages to using raised beds when gardening. They provide excellent drainage, warm soil earlier in the spring, prevent soil compaction, maximize yields in a minimum amount

Americana and Red Rock 2010 Hens for sale

I have some (5 - 10) Americana Hens for sale and about the same number of Red Rock hens. All were hatched in 2010 and started laying last fall. I am wanting $20.00 per bird and will give some off if you take them all or best offer. Please email me

American Bald Eagle - Norfolk Botanical Gardens (Virginia)

Well gang, I almost hate to post another webcam; but, the female just laid her first egg of the season this afternoon, so some of you might be interested in watching from time to

What are you eating from your garden today?

I thought maybe this would be a fun ongoing thread. I know I often want to shout out what I'm eating that I GREW but don't what to start a new thread every day, lol. Just had a yummy stirfry with 4 varieties of squash, 3 varieties of peas, and 1

Jenn's Gardening Thread---what will this summer bring-2011

I want to play to but im gonna have to wait a lot longer then you all to get started being in Colorado and all, no planting till after May 8, bulbs and some tree and bushes are ok right now.... i will entertain you with all of my before and up to date