gardening with chicken help

[TLWR]

is actually 12x harder than without their help....

Looks like our nighttime temps are going to be a bit warmer, so I decided to start transplanting seedlings to the garden.
I already topdressed with fresh soil last week.

Today I put out weed fabric (because that stinking grass grows through 18" of cardboard, newspaper clay and duck bedding!) and then put the water lines on top.
Went out and collected a wagon full of pine straw to put on top of the weed fabric so I don't bake the poor plants.

Then brought 15 tomato plants out. Got them all in and situated then surrounded with pine straw.
Grab temp fencing so I can put that over the hoops to keep the chickens out.
That's where the chickens came in. I was chasing them out of the bed while trying to put something up to keep them out of the beds!
Little sinkers.

Now I can have myself a salad for lunch then go back out and take on the squash and cucumber beds.


I had to buy peppers. The ones I planted 2.5 months ago are still only about 1" tall with only one tree leaf. I planted another set. Didn't realize it was going to be windy out and heard a crash and there went pepper planting #2. I was able to save a few.
I did start a 3rd round, but not for all the peppers.


I am planting them a garden too. Built it last week and have it filled with soil and compost and topped with mulch. Just have to stick stuff in there next and figure out how to fence that one off from them too.

Good thing I like the chickens!

 

[FaerieChicken]

We put up some chain link panel fencing to try to keep the chickens out, I think I need to reinforce the tops cause those gals can jump pretty dang high!


I don't know if this will work, and I don't know how my friend got any fruit from her pomegranate, but they eat the leaves off the pomegranate and my dwarf peach trees. Also my currents are budding, but getting eaten also. I thought the leaves of rhubarb were poisonous but I guess not to chickens.... they are eating bits here and there. I am thinking adding a layer or chicken wire across the top of the chain link to help detour them indefinitely, any thoughts?