http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/10/compost-pilechicken-yard.html simplicity, creativity, self-sufficiency,...minivans Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/10/compost-pilechicken-yard.html/comment-page-1#comment-5518 Shebstoo Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:00:00 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=2124#comment-5518 I have 6 chickens, in the city, and they have a coop and an enclosed run. My neighbor friends give me their bags of leaves and grass clippings when they do their yard work and I keep them bagged untill my lovely ladys need them. I go in the coop and upend the bag dumping them out and what a wonderful time they have, digging and searching for bugs while leaves and grass fly all over. It's lots of fun to watch them, they all want that first bug so it's quite a frenzy. I used to have a large compost heap but now my gals do most of the compost work for me in the coop. I still have a compost for some things like coffee grounds and egg shells (don't want to get them started with eating shells/eggs), but most all veggie trimmings from the house go in the coop now. I'm all for letting them do most of the work!! I shovel it out let it set and put new dirt back in and we start all over. It makes the best garden! Oh yes, did I tell you, I pay those neighbor friends back in eggs, and veggies from the garden? Sure do, we are all happy doing it this way. I have 6 chickens, in the city, and they have a coop and an enclosed run. My neighbor friends give me their bags of leaves and grass clippings when they do their yard work and I keep them bagged untill my lovely ladys need them. I go in the coop and upend the bag dumping them out and what a wonderful time they have, digging and searching for bugs while leaves and grass fly all over. It’s lots of fun to watch them, they all want that first bug so it’s quite a frenzy. I used to have a large compost heap but now my gals do most of the compost work for me in the coop. I still have a compost for some things like coffee grounds and egg shells (don’t want to get them started with eating shells/eggs), but most all veggie trimmings from the house go in the coop now. I’m all for letting them do most of the work!! I shovel it out let it set and put new dirt back in and we start all over. It makes the best garden! Oh yes, did I tell you, I pay those neighbor friends back in eggs, and veggies from the garden? Sure do, we are all happy doing it this way.

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