Tony: Our rule here is no chooks in the veggie patch ever. They delight in scratching out every plant they can and boy do they chuck the mulch around. David C
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Nelson-Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 24 November 2002 3:23 AM Subject: Re: chickens > I found that there is a serious drawback to over-friendly chickens in the > garden: digging a bed with a fork, thus revealing many juicy worms, I've > several times almost slipped a disc by having to violently abort a thrust as > a head and neck appeared in the target area. Of course, once the digging is > done, letting the hens in compensates for the loss of worms by the > simultaneous loss of most weed seedlings, runners of couch and convolvulus, > etc. Tony N-S. > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >
