How Your Chickens And Gardens Can Co-Exist Peacefully
Chickens and gardens - most people cringe at the thought, conjuring up images of rabid hens tearing up and devouring every precious plant and vegetable...
Great Gardens Begin With Chickens!
There’s nothing like a fresh tomato picked right off the vine, mmmmm! Fresh homegrown vegetables and herbs are healthier, contain more vitamins and minerals, and...
Garlic Is The Perfect Plant For Your Family, Flock And Garden
There is a sense of mystery and mythology surrounding garlic. When we first think about garlic we might initially imagine golden brown loafs of buttery...
Japanese Millet Perfect For Your Yard And Chickens
Lots of garden and animals lovers are driven by the passion of creating a fully sustainable ecosystem in their backyard. From raising chickens, to growing...
What Is Sustainable Living?
With concerns steadily increasing about the current state and quality of our environment and the ongoing issue of climate change, many people are seeking to...
Top 7 Reasons You and Your Chickens Need More Asparagus
The humble asparagus is one of the most striking, distinctive and memorable vegetables when it comes to garden grown produce. Tall, lean and green, this universally...
Make Compost Or Manure Tea In 7 Steps
Tea in synonymous with the backyard lifestyle. Whether you're sitting on the deck, watching the laying hens forage, sipping on a nice warm cup of...
Herbs for Hen Health: Fennel
If you want your chickens to provide you with lovely fresh eggs everyday, make sure you have some fancy fennel in your veggie patch. Fennel...
Herbs for Hen Health: Mint
A favourite amongst gardeners due to it’s multitude of uses, fragrant smell, and being super simple to grow, mint is a must have addition to...
5 Things to Add to Your Chicken Dust Bath
When it’s time for your chooks to freshen up, your backyard flock loves to get down and dirty to stay clean - it’s called a...
Herbs For Hen Health: Ginger
The only thing better than growing your own food is cooking it, and every foodie knows that Ginger is a staple for spicing up recipes...
Herbs for Hen Health: Lavender
Lavender is a herb that many of us love thanks to it’s aesthetic appeal, and it’s smell that is known to excite your senses, but...
Can I Use Chicken Manure As Fertilizer In My Garden?
Chicken manure or ‘chicken litter’ is absolutely BRILLIANT to use as fertilizer - even better when you mix it in with a few other goodies...
Gardening For Your Girls - Plants That Your Chickens Love
Giving your chickens fresh veggies as part of their diet is incredibly good for them. If you’ve got a green thumb and want to plant...
Chicken Run Landscaping Ideas
Don’t think your chicken run just has to contain sufficient bedding, it can also be a great place to deck out with your DIY landscaping...
Herbs for Hen Health: Coriander
Coriander is a herb that people generally love or hate thanks to it’s incredibly powerful taste and strong fragrance. If you’re a chicken person you...
Herbs for Hen Health: Dill
Dill is one herb you don’t want to skip on growing in your herb garden! This tall wispy herb is best grown annually and while...
Everything You Need To Keep Chickens - Delivered to your door!
If you’re thinking of keeping chickens, or giving your family or partner the gift of a backyard chicken coop, we have everything you need to...
Fabulous Chicken Coops & Gorgeous Gardens
Does your dream garden involve a flock of busy and beautiful chickens? It should! Great gardens begin with fabulous chicken coops. They enrich the soil,...
How to Keep Your Garden Safe From Chickens and Pest Animals
Any green thumb, from beginner to expert, knows the feeling of accomplishment that comes with growing a fine patch of vegetables or watching your flower...
3 Reasons Poultry Fencing is Great For Your Chickens
Free range feathers! Letting your ladies roam the backyard has many benefits for both you and your flock. Your chooks will delight in the opportunity...
A Brilliant Companion To Garden Grown Broccoli
Most of us can remember sitting at the dinner table, eye-balling our mother or father, as they said in a low firm voice, “eat your...
Propagate Your Plants In 11 Easy Steps
Plants are truly remarkable things. They take most of its energy from the sun. They provide us with oxygen so we can survive. They even...
A Radical Guide To Radishes
Let’s be honest, radishes don’t normally whip people into a verbal frenzy. It’s not that people have anything against radishes, it’s just simply difficult to...
The Complete Lowdown On Leeks
Leeks may be slightly unfamiliar to some people in Australia. It’s hard to deny the fact that as far as vegetables go they are slightly...
Everything You Want To Know About Pumpkins
Pumpkins seem to possess a mythical, magical quality to them like no other fruit or vegetable. Who doesn’t have childhood memories of the Fairy God...
Sink Your Teeth Into This 101 Guide To Chicory
The chicory plant has had a relative boom over the past ten years or so, however, in truth this particular herb has been on the...
All The Essential Questions About Cauliflower Answered
Most of us have memories as kids sitting at the kitchen table listening to our parents tell us for the thousandth time to “eat your...
7 Incredible Things You Need To Know About Eating And Growing Kale
The term “super-food” gets casually tossed around a fair bit these days however kale well and truly deserves the title. Not just for its dense...
What Crop Rotation Means For You
All egg-sperienced green thumbs know that a healthy soil is the key to a flourishing garden. Without a nutrient rich foundation, the plants simply can’t...
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