Our lovely chooks settled themselves in very quickly and have taken to their task of vegetable garden preparation with relish. As soon as they arrived and we confined them to the 6 wedge of the chook clock with moveable internal fences (to the North is 12 o'clock of course), I started to toss them a daily armful of weeds/kitchen scraps/cabbage or lettuce leaves/grass clippings sourced from home/supermarket veg waste/local gardening man that they have eaten, scratched, tossed around and added their own special manure to in order to make mulch and prepare the soil for vegetables planting. A fortnight later, their job in 6 is done and they have been moved clockwise (of course) into 8 to start over. A couple of jobs later (watering dripper system and laying a path) and 6 is ready for planting. Thankyou chooks (Justine, Gandalf, Lightning, Fergie, Cadel Evans, Penny, Bluey, Valverde, Pepper & Saffron) and Linda Woodrow's book 'The Permaculture home garden'.
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