Keeping chickens out of your garden beds
I don't know if a lot of people have this problem, but I'm thinking my free-rangers are going to look at my newly seeded, painstakingly prepared SFG boxes and think: OOOOH!!! DUST BATH!!!! And ruin all my beautiful new seedlings. I'm thinking I may nee

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

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

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"

New to Gardening & SFG in Fairview, TN
Good evening from Fairview, TN. My Father was always the gardener in the family and always produced more than enough for all of us in the family to share. Now that he is gone I hope to be able to channel some of his green thumb and produce enough to

Restrictive Covenants & chickens?
Having made the decision to stay put in this house, we really would like to get a couple of chooks, however I've checked the deeds to the house and in the restrictive covenants it states: 7. Not to keep or feed on the property any livestock or animals

Broodin ducks, chickens and turkeys together?
I have read that you are not supposed to put chickens and turkeys together when they are adults. Is it ok to do so when they are younger. I have done ducks and chickens together before with no ill effects. I have heard that it is better to do that so the

Chickens and cold frames
Dear SFGers I started summer with one 4x4 growing. I finished with three growing and more under construction. Now 10 4x4 and 2 2x6 (for vertical) awaiting spring planting. All will be covered with Mel's chickenwire cages (except the verticals) due to

Southeast New Mexico
Hi! I'm a new square-foot gardener from Southeast New Mexico (literally on the border of New Mexico and Texas). I would love to hear any tips, ideas, and/or advice on how to garden down here. Thanks!

Training your chickens to be garden friendly
Our chickens roam freely and there are places they are allowed to do all things chicken. Such as under the orchard trees for a good scratch, the lawn they are great moss scarifies (just widely throw out some wheat grain and they do the work!), paths and

feeding chickens and popcorn
I had a cupboard clear out yesterday and found an out of date bag of unpopped popcorn. I wondered if I could feed it to the chooks as it is or would it need soaking/popping first?

How to keep away the pests??
Being proactive about future pests. We had a lot of japanese beetles last year, along with cucumber beetles and squash bugs. Any ideas how to get rid of these suckers? I am planning to keep the area much cleaner than last year so that should help some.

Keep Rabbits out of Garden Boxes
This occurred to me yesterday..... My boxes are built on a slope. They're 12 inches high at the top end and 20 inches high at the low end. Do you think that it's tall enough to keep rabbits out, or should I maybe add a 6 inch tall fence around the edge

Can you give popped popcorn to chickens?
I'm a little freaked now that I think my roo had an impacted crop... But we have extra popcorn that we don't eat. Can I give it to the birds???