GardenBanter.co.uk - View Single Post

RustyHinge · 22-06-2013, 10:56 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 22/06/13 22:28, wrote:

The place where I have the problem is the back garden, where there are no
spare beds, and they just kind of meander through the flower bed. The main
problem atm is that I can't weed very effectively because NIck put chicken
wire up (grr) and now the chooks are in a much bigger run and don't need to
come out much, I can't remove it cos his grape vine has decided it likes it!

Anyhow, it's more the ground elder than the buttercup that cause the identity
issue. (for me)

Get Nick to make two or three small movable runs, say a metre by a metre
and tall enough for a chicken to move about comfortably.

While you attend to the fiddly bits where chooks might nosh stuff you
want to keep, set the hens on the weeds - ground elder they will enjoy -
but I'm not so sure about the clutterbucks.

--
Rusty Hinge