Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The Chicken Dance....

With fall ... comes fall foliage...
Last year I made a couple of trips down to the city park and filled up a bunch of bags with fallen leaves....with one purpose in mind....COMPOST...
Never underestimate the power of good compost....
Or chickens for that matter....
This year when it came time to collect leaf litter to pile on top of my garlic beds I also picked up a bunch for the garden beds as well...
Then I had a great idea... I could use those 4 lazy chickens of mine who lounge around all day laying eggs and eating treats to help me on my quest for the best possible (and free) compost a home gardener in the suburbs could ask for...
So instead...this year... instead of muscle power... I am using "chicken power" to turn my compost... I think if you have chickens... and leaves... and a garden... this should be on your To Do List every fall...
It's a great (and effortless on your part) way to get the garden beds ready for next spring...
and I'd like to think the chickens find it entertaining as well...

Pure genius I tell you.


3 comments:

  1. Great idea, I am very curious to see how this works out for you. We also have access to a lot of leaves and could put them in the chicken pen. Normally we just spread them about the garden or compost pile, but shredded they would certainly break down all that much faster.

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  2. Hey Mavis, haven't visited in quite awhile, and thought I would check in with you and the chickens. I am quite impressed with your abundance from this year!! Good to see you are still in training. Can't bring myself to do the full meal deal, but I would love to support you any way I can. Take care....KM

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  3. Thanks Karen,
    I am very excited about walking the marathon ... I'll be even more excited when it's over :)

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