CHICKEN RUN AND VEGETABLE PLOTS
by Charlotte Popescu
£6.99
Charlotte Popescu
The Author
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Chicken
Runs and Vegetable plots
by Charlotte Popescu
£6.99.
Keep hens in your garden as well
as growing vegetables, herbs, flowers and shrubs.
Find out about the best hens
for you to have in your garden. Housing, feeding and all aspects of caring
for your hens are covered with sections on cockerels, eggs and egg laying,
broody hens, hatching chicks, pests, problems and predators. Frequently
asked questions conclude the section on hens. The second part of the book
gives advice about the best vegetables and herbs to grow. You will discover
which vegetables and plants you must protect from your hens and the ones
that your hens will happily avoid.
In no time at all you can
become self sufficient in eggs and vegetables. Your hens can be self
sufficient as well – why not grow some vegetables that both you and your
hens can enjoy, use the poultry droppings in your compost, keep all the
eggs you need for the household, sell a few to your neighbours and the
money you make can be spent on poultry feed.
The book ends with an account
on keeping hens on a smallholding in the 1930s and 40s, using extracts from
the memoirs of my Great Aunt, May Wedderburn Cannan who was a published
First World War poet.
The
book is illustrated with line drawings and a section of colour photos and is
priced at £6.99.
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