Calling all Chicken Lovers

February 15, 2012 By Karen Creel

Timber Press Books is having a giveaway for anyone with chickens or waiting to get started with a small flock.

Wina complete chicken garden start-up kit, including:

$50 gift card for chicken feed or supplies from McMurray Hatchery
One chicken coop plan from The Garden Coop (a $20 value)
1 lb. of organic chicken forage blend and seeds for chicken-friendly plants from Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply (a $20 value)
A copy of Free-Range Chicken Gardens

The contest ends February 17! Go to http://www.timberpress.com/

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Comments

Penny says

February 17, 2012 at 4:21 am

Thanks for the info on the giveaway….
Karen Creel says

February 17, 2012 at 4:11 pm

Penny
I made mistakes with my flock a couple of years ago and allowed them to free range. They never went to the hen house to lay eggs, and roosted in the trees where owls swept them away. This year I am starting with baby chicks, and getting them use to their house and fenced in area. Free range may work with some, but didn’t for me.
Good luck with the contest.
Karen

Gardenchick is a place for gardeners, flea market fanatics, lovers of the farmhouse look, and purveyors of all things rusty!

I’m not sure when my fascination with junk began, but gardening was in my blood from an early age. I remember my grandmother could throw a few seeds out and have the prettiest flowers. Sweet peas were rampant beside the front porch. I can see her now, bent over pulling weeds, and I find myself doing the same thing anytime I’m in the yard. My dad was raised on a large farm, and even though he moved away, and we always lived in the city, he had a garden. He had me help him plant a garden in May before he died in August. So you can see, gardening just comes naturally to me.

I can’t explain the love of rusty and all things chippy, but I have dug through more barns and sheds than I would like to admit to bring out a rusty wagon or old chicken feeder.

So, I hope you will follow along, and we can learn a few things together. I’ll be sharing gardening ideas, my flea market finds, and thrifty ways to repurpose.