garden help! growing food for chickens

[CatInTheHenHouse]

I knew they were tiny and so needed to be under almost nothing, but I still lightly covered them. oh how many seeds i have waisted.

I really wish more seed packets would spell out mint’s planting needs and why!

 

[jxp]

Since I have such a curious mind, I thought I'd try this idea I had. In the Mexican food aisle of so many groceries around here they have cello packs of spices for relatively cheep. I picked up a packet of chamomile (manzanella) which had, I'm guessing, between 1-2 tablespoons of flowerheads. The cost was about half that of a seed pack containing around a quarter teaspoon. I gently rubbed the seedheads between my fingers to break them apart and scattered them in the chickens green patch in their run (a 6x8 sq ft area covered with sturdy wire mesh) to see if anything came of it. That was late last summer. Sure enough, there's some chams growing down in there along with all the other seeds I've thought they might enjoy.

 

[Sequoia Raven Bird Farms]

I've grown them a few times. You could probably make them more productive with a bit more care but I like them for the fact that they can be pretty much left to do their own thing.

Sounds like they’re a plant for me then!