Show me pictures of your gardens

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I went on a coop tour this past Spring and was just blown away by some of the gardens/landscaping that had been planted and how eveyone had incorporated their coops into their gardens. This was an "Inside the Beltline" tour, so the yards were typically small as were the coops and flocks. Anyway, I'm starting to think about reclaiming some of my backyard from the crabgrass and would love to see how others have landscaped around your coops.

Thanks!!

 

[gordonburrito]

Well I've lost most of my photos in a hard drive crash. But, I do have some suggestions. Pictures are not mine but will give you the idea of what they look like.

Disease and chicken proof roses, no chemicals/care required


Rosea Carolina

Rosea Virginina

Rosea Macrantha

Rosea Alba semi plena

Marie Pavie

Chicken/Person Proof flowering plants


Mist Flower

Joe Pye Weed

Sweet Joe Pye Weed (same as above but half as tall


Butterfly bush

Butterfly weed

Boneset

bee balm, any variety

gray headed coneflower

yellow coneflower

green headed coneflower

Jerusalem artichoke (produces edible tubors)

spiderwort

culver root

ox eye sunflower

Any variety of Echineacea

prairie blazing star

new england aster

new jersey tea

ninebark (shrub)

Weter areas of your yard

Button Bush (shrub)

Native Rushes

queen of the prairie

Swamp Milk Weed

 

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Wow! All of those are so pretty! Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[nzpouter]

we got fruit trees in ours...

 

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I too want to include some fruit trees in my landscaping...I just haven't decided which ones. Fig trees do pretty well around these parts too, so that's going to be a must!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Can you plant some Cochin Trees in my barnyard ...

 

[Nava]

Here is my garden, I only planted one seed ans I harvested 2

 

[nzpouter]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

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Can you plant some Cochin Trees in my barnyard ...

they're only good for groundcover... no shade offered whatsoever...

 

[justbugged]

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I would love to trade seeds with you. I have a couple like yours, but mine are a different variety than yours are. I really think that you could make some profit at the Farmers market with your crop.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

nzpouter, Darn.

I need something that is Shade Cover ... (

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justbugged,