We had friends helping us Saturday evening.
While Chanan and I were weeding and putting down weed barrier in the final section of our primary garden area, Marilyn, Rachel and the children were planting corn, beans and squash/melons in a different area of the garden.
We went back yesterday to fence it off, and, mysteriously, the corn had vanished.
So, while Marilyn and Sam reseeded the area with corn, Nathan and I started putting up a short electric fence. Before Marilyn and Sam had finished putting the corn down, there were 3 chickens following them… and EATING THE CORN!!!
I picked up a shovel and started smacking the ground by them and “shooing” them off. But they were persistent. Once they had that taste of corn, there was n stopping them!!
We finally got them out of there and Sam helped Nathan and me put the short electric fence up.
NO sooner had we finished, when Marilyn (in this adventure, entitled “spreader of gloom”) mentioned “it’s too short – the chickens will hop right over it”.
So, Nathan, Sam and I put up electric poultry fencing around the short electric fence – it should keep them out now… (Famous last words)
But, in any case, we know that, for next year… we’ll prepare the soil, put up the fence and THEN plant the corn. Those pesky chickens, anywho!
–Pat
Tags: chickens, corn, fence, frustration, garden adventures
While newspaper does make a good weed barrier, it will NOT stop the growth of johnson grass and other Class 5 grasses. Johnson grass is so pervasive, it will take over your garden plots. Once you have it, you MUST cover it with a strong plastic weed barrier and then bury it under 4 – 6 inches of mulch or soil.
You can’t burn it, kill it or pull it out!!
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