Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard

Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard

by KateBaldwin (Author), JessiBloom (Author)

Synopsis

Important tips include attractive and effective fencing options to keep the chickens contained and guidance for choosing the best plants for gardeners and their birds. For everyone who has been bitten by the chicken bug, this indispensable guide is a must-have for how to garden with, for, and around chickens. Only book to teach readers how to have a thriving garden and chickens too! Innovative ideas for gardening with chickens, including solar and green roof coops Extensive lists of the best plants to create a chicken-friendly oasis, and design strategies and problem solving plans for homeowners

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 14 Feb 2012

ISBN 10: 1604692375
ISBN 13: 9781604692372

Media Reviews

If your garden fantasies involve chickens, Jessi Bloom. . . is here to make those dreams come true. . . . an expert guide for the untutored. --The New York Times

A manifesto on the many ways to pamper your hens--with plants for foraging and shelter, rain-fed water bowls and eco-friendly lawns. --Sunset

A comprehensive guide from mating to medicine that will particularly help beginners. . . . Bloom makes a persuasive case. --Publishers Weekly

Numerous illustrations, full-color photos, charts and tables, garden layouts, and useful tips. . . . a wealth of practical advice. --Booklist

Exquisitely produced and artfully photographed. --San Francisco Chronicle

Bloom's obvious enthusiasm for good design and for her birds will inspire both novice and experienced chicken owners to create a garden space for hens and humans to enjoy. --American Gardener

Complete with gorgeous photos, diagrams, plans, and a very well written and easy to understand approach, you will want to get your hands upon this book if you have ever dreamed of incorporating chickens into your lifestyle. --Small Town Living

A great basic guide for first-time chicken owners and chicken owner wannabes. --Horticulture

The only book I have seen that tells you exactly how you can have your chickens AND your garden too. --Living Homegrown

Solves the dilemma of having free-range chickens and a vegetable garden. --The Oregonian

Provides a good overview on coop building styles and considerations, very basic chicken care info, do-grow/don't-grow plant lists for the chicken garden and lots and lots of gorgeous inspirational pictures. --NW Edible

I've had chickens for four years and I wish that I could have had Jessi Bloom's new book in the beginning. --Diggin Food

Author Bio
Jessica Bloom is an award-winning landscape designer who has her own landscape design firm, N.W. Bloom EcoLogical Landscapes.