Gardening with a chicken tractor: a few hens in a portable coop can mow, till, weed, fertilize and more
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A portable chicken coop can benefit the gardener and the chicken. The disadvantages of a stationary chicken coop such as a buildup of toxins in the soil from the manure, are compared to the advantages of a movable type. Instructions are given for making the chicken tractor,
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Country Journal
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0898-6355
Year: 1995
Management, Usage, Manures, Chickens, Vegetable gardening
Publication Name: Country Journal
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0898-6355
Year: 1995
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The best kind of weed
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Butterfly weed, or Asclepias tuberosa, is an ideal garden flower. The perennial, a member of the milkweed family, grows in hot, dry weather and requires little care. It blooms twice between June and September.
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Country Journal
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0898-6355
Year: 1997
Growth, Flowers, Flower gardening, Milkweed, Asclepias
Publication Name: Country Journal
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0898-6355
Year: 1997
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