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Love it! Thanks for sharing Gene. Too bad our garden went 
in long before the chickens came. But I may be able to use 
this idea somewhere on the land.

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:36:46 -0500
 Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
> On Jul 3, 2008, at 1:02 PM, Warren wrote:
>
> > I think as used on this list, a moat is just a spatial 
> > barrier. If I  
> > recall
> > correctly, Gene's "chicken moat" is just double fencing 
> > your garden  
> > allowing
> > chickens to patrol the perimeter. The "chicken moat" 
> > keeps the bugs  
> > out.
>
> Well, it helps keep the bugs out. Also usually keeps out 
> deer and  
> rabbits and helps keep weeds from migrating into the 
> garden. My  
> chicken moat article is the first writing for which I 
> received real  
> money. You may read it here:
>
> http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/1988-05-01/The-Chicken-Moat-Enclosure.aspx
>
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