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Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden
- From: "Liz Pike" <liz AT laughingbrookfarm.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 04:49:50 -0400
Wow, I know I've consumed more than my share of feces, urine, etc & lived to
tell about it...though of course, not knowingly ; )))
Chickens in the garden doesn't necessarily mean IN the garden, among the
producing plants. I rotated a sort-of-chicken-tractor before I knew about
"official" chicken tractors through my permanent beds for years. I put a
cage with an attached run, built to the width of my beds, on beds of ground
cover 6 months before planting veggies. 30 days before planting, I removed
the chickens and let the bed sit. (This was long before the 120 day rule.)
By the time I planted, the ground cover was digested (by chickens and soil)
& nicely incorporated. All the beds needed were a mild rebuilding with
rakes, no tilling.
In this day & age I begrudgingly approve of the sanitation practices of the
farm Bob mentioned, but if the farm didn't want contamination on the line
(geez, this IS food we're talking about here, right??? not a factory
assembled widget...) they shouldn't have opened up the line to inspection by
outsiders, even for goodwill. Congratulations John Stossel.
Liz Pike
Laughingbrook Farm
Westfield NC
http://www.marketfarming.com
http://www.laughingbrookfarm.com
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[Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden,
Dave Gower, 05/15/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden,
robert schuler, 05/15/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden, Vic & Pat Jackowsky, 05/15/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden,
Mike Bosko, 05/15/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden,
Liz Pike, 05/16/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden,
Leigh Hauter, 05/16/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden, Jill Taylor Bussiere, 05/16/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden,
Lucy Goodman, 05/16/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden, Jim Woodyard, 05/16/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden,
Leigh Hauter, 05/16/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden,
Liz Pike, 05/16/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden,
Marlin Burkholder, 05/17/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden, Leigh Hauter, 05/17/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Free Range Chickens in the Garden,
robert schuler, 05/15/2003
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