Today I was out all day at The Community Environment Centre (CEC) where I volunteer once a week. There we found lots of weeding to do after Christmas break. It was surprising even with all the heat wave temperatures how many weeds were thriving. After catching up on everyone's news, we discussed ideas for the 2014 program. Lots of ideas were thrown around. Some centred around innovative ways to build on last year's successes, some were inspired by recent visits to the "Coal Loader" Centre for Sustainability, a wonderful site owned by North Sydney Council and situated overlooking Sydney Harbour. I will do a post devoted to the "Coal Loader" soon.
Chooks all in all day. The Colonel's voice is still crook.
Thoughts about how to manage chooks if we don't free range them all day. Complicated by requirements to keep them out of the veggie patch (VP) - they are eating too much but I don't want ugly barriers everywhere. The VP was unfortunately not designed with chooks in mind and it is not possible to use a chook tractor on most of it.
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| The 'upside' of free ranging. Peaceful chickens foraging happily. It warms the heart. |
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| The 'downside' of free ranging. A bed full of perpetual spinach was found by the chooks and decimated in no time. The remaining plants have tiny leaves that the chickens keep going back to, ensuring that none grow. |
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