From: permaculture institute <pci@permaculture-inst.org>
To: abqpc@igc.topica.com, <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: chickens again
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 15:18:46 -0600
dear all,
would like to ask for personal experiences with using chickens on
vegetable beds. This is first time for us - before we kept chickens on
grass and alfalfa, or free range and now want to use them for
reconditioning garden beds. I am interested if anyone knows how long you
can keep tractor on the same spot without destroying soil organisms
and/or soil tilth. Is it better to move them frequently and let them work
same area many times, or let them be over a bed for extended period of
time, say 2 weeks, and return them back next year?
Permaculture
Institute Students and
graduates in 14 countries (Australia, USA,
Cameroon, Nepal, Bali, Israel, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Peru,
Ecuador,
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus.)
chickens again,
permaculture institute, 09/03/2000