Snack Garden around chicken run

[ACluckAboveTheRest]

Oh, yeah. You definitely need to give them a chance to grow. You could just not remove the hardware cloth? Will the plants grow through it? (I don't know the size of the cloth or what plants you have)
I definitely want to make an herb garden for my birds... Lavender, comfrey, etc. But right now anything I don't want them to eat gets caged in, because they eat *everything*.
My lemon plants didn't have lemons last year and barely had leaves... Lol

Well we actually have a large old micro farm property we moved into. We have lots of citrus trees, shade trees and bushes and PLENTY OF WEEDS. However the land is lacking herbs and veggies so we are planning to introduce beneficial plants for us and the chickens this growing season. I just wanted something nice for them around the run. I was not planning to keep the hardware cloth there permanently so I guess I should not spend too much more time on it as I can totally see them destroying it even once some plants are established. I might might add some small rocks down to prevent them from digging in that area before I remove the hardware cloth.....that might help alot!