Garden yummies?

[gmachicken]

Hi everyone. I haven't been on here for a while. I know you all are very helpful with most things.

I am putting my garden up for the winter.

I know that tomato plants and green tomatoes are not good for them so I'm getting rid of all that first and covering the strawberry bed.

Can they have:
Green pepper plants
Broccoli plants
Bean -Scarlett runner
Artichoke plant

I would like to let them take over and enjoy the bugs etc but want it to be safe for them as well.

Thank you very much for your input.

 

[Den in Penn]

I usually wait till after a few frosts have occurred and I have had a chance to get what I want out of the garden that hasn't been hurt by the frosts, By that time the peppers and tomatoes have long been dead and the chickens will no longer bother with them. The scarlet runners beans shouldn't hurt them. Unless you have a massive amount of them in your garden and they eat little else for days, the B inhibitor in the beans won't cause a problem. The artichoke I don't know about. They seem to know well enough to leave the bad plants alone.

 

[gmachicken]

Thank you Dan in Penn.
I will keep that in mind.