Clean Up In Aisle 4

March 12, 2015Uncategorizedbarred rock, chicken, garden, garden chores, garden photography, gardening, raised beds, Spring garden8 Comments

After the snow melts I let the chickens into the kitchen garden to do a little clean up.

5 hens remain from my original chick purchase nearly 8 years ago.

The girls egg laying days are over, but they provide insect clean up and add to my compost pile.

All very valuable to the garden.

And doesn’t chickens scratching in the yard just make you smile?

Priceless!

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8 thoughts on “Clean Up In Aisle 4”

snowfox66 says:

March 12, 2015 at 4:36 pm

Reblogged this on Words from ladyteawitch and commented:
This is very interesting!

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1. staceyweichert says:
  
  March 12, 2015 at 11:54 pm
  
  Thank you!
  
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  1. snowfox66 says:
    
    March 13, 2015 at 1:13 am
    
    😀
snowfox66 says:

March 12, 2015 at 4:37 pm

I liked it so I re-blogged this! 😀

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Emily @ The Southern Belle Blogs says:

March 12, 2015 at 6:20 pm

Lovely photo. I can’t wait to have some chickens of my own!

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staceyweichert says:

March 12, 2015 at 11:55 pm

They are characters, for sure!

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Eliza Waters says:

March 13, 2015 at 12:21 am

Love the title! I find watching chickens scratching about very meditative. Amazing that your girls are 8 – that is ancient for a chicken!

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sophisticatedjerseygirl says:

March 13, 2015 at 10:16 am

I love that you’ve kept your girls past their egg-laying years. Definitely something I want to do as well when I finally get my own!!

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