>>2259017Marigold make leafy greens taste like ass if theyre touching. Having flowers near anything in the squash family helps attract pollinaters. Nothing worse than a big health zucchini plant that produce nothing because its a plant incel.
>>2259012I have nearby neighbor and the birds kept digging up their yards for grubs. Plus the damage they do to the garden. I only let the ducks out in the summer now. The chickens get let out after it snows so the cant get into mischief.
A chicken tractor both helps feed them and they dig up and fertilize the area. Whe I free ranged them in the summer they ate almost no feed. Theyd get everything from the woods and yard. But Id also regularly lose some to predators.
squashes, corn, table scraps, sprouted grains, theyll eat pretty much anything. Boil or roast potatoes, squash, carrots, or any other storage vegetables you grow. Dry lots of greens over the summer like lambs quarter. Good suppliments v the bulk calories.
Im working my way up to growing all thier food myself to. Ive been raising birds for a long time now. They make all the compost for my garden but I dont have enough land to feed them without buying food.
