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What a thoughtful chicken owner you are! May I ask if you see an increase of mosquitos with dishes of water laying around? We have such a terrible time with mosquitos with our heat and humidity, that's why I ask.

From your list I grow thyme, 2 varieties of oregano, 4 different mints, the bee balm, bay laurel, ginger, turmeric, lavender, tobacco and sunflowers. Chickens have never shown any interest in any of them. They choose to devastate my mustard greens and chard instead! I do however dress their...

And Cyndie, I cannot believe I forgot to mention blueberries! I grow compact blueberry bushes (Top Hat and Sunshine Blue to be specific) in pots alongside my house. Pots , because it's easier to keep the soil acidic by just tossing my used coffee grounds on top of the soil every so often. 6 pots...

Try some lemon balm in there with those herbs. Goes really nice with the chamomile for your tea, and my chickens love it too.

what about some clover for a cover crop? Doesn't grow high, chickens like it, and you can just till it in with your soil amendment in the spring.

Yahoo! Now you have free chicken food and free medicine! Lol

Good to know. But at least you have free medicine growing in your garden. Supposed to be good for respiratory problems. And more.

Wow! You two make me want to try this

Do chickens like this? I've only used it as a tea, kinda bitter. What do your chicks think?

Not organic if they've irradiated or treated it post harvest. Sad but true there are a lot of dishonest companies that would make false claims about organic, or healthy, or anything really

I've just put mine in a shallow glass, but either way will work. Organic can be important because some growers spray their produce and it won't sprout. And I'm not sure about regular potatoes. I've always set them in a dark place to sprout. Have fun experimenting!

Yes, you'll be surprised by how many slips will grow from that one sweet potato.

You don't need to buy from a nursery. Buy an organic sweet potato from the supermarket, submerge it halfway in a glass of water, in a few short weeks you break off the slips/sprouts and plant them. You'll have enough sweet potatoes to feed your family for months from just one sweet potato. Just...

I grow almost everything on your list too, but there are a few things I haven't seen mentioned yet. Sweet potatoes, I get the roots and my chickens go crazy for the leaves. I grow blueberries in pots since I also have clay soil, when I've put up enough jams and pies the girls glean the rest all...