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Fox Caught On Game Camera

September 12, 2012 by Darren

Thanks to my new game camara, I now know what’s coming into my yard at night!

Posted in: Keeping Animals, Nature, Video Tagged: chicken tractor, compost, fox, game camera, myna

Mount Terry Public School Permaculture Garden Opening

July 13, 2012 by Darren

A very photo-heavy tour of the permaculture garden that was recently opened at Mt Terry Public School in Albion Park.

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Keeping Animals, Permaculture, Water Tagged: broccoli, chicken tractor, chickens, children, comfrey, compost, composting, dam, fencing, flowers, fruit trees, herbs, jamberoo, Kiama, mulch, orange tree, Permaculture, permaculture design, ponds, school gardens, Shellharbour, tomato, vegetable garden, weeds

Roadside Finds – Chicken Tractor

July 4, 2012 by Darren

A friend will help you move. A real friend will help you recover discarded treasures from the side of the road!

Posted in: Frugality, Keeping Animals Tagged: backyard chickens, chicken tractor, FreeCycle, jamberoo, rooster

Podcast Interview With Gavin From “The Greening of Gavin”

May 25, 2011 by Darren

I was interviewed by Gavin Webber from The Greening Of Gavin as part of a series of podcasts he’s done with sustainable bloggers from around Australia. Let me know what you think!

Posted in: Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Media Coverage, Super Challenge Tagged: Australia, chicken tractor, chooks, David Holmgren, fox, garden beds, illawarra, interview, jamberoo, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, land, meat, pigs, podcast, pork, Shellharbour, sustainability, Sustainable Illawarra, wollongong

Weekly Roundup – Fruit Tree Swales and Chicken Tunnels

March 14, 2011 by Darren

Info on fruit tree swales, another Illawarra blogger, a cool tinyhouse, young people getting into farming in the US, wind knitting, and chicken tunnels.

Posted in: Weekly Roundup Tagged: backyard chickens, bloggers, chicken tractor, farmers, swales

Pig Tractors For Clearing Land

February 5, 2011 by Darren

If you want to clear a large area of land with little effort, you can’t beat a pig tractor!

Posted in: Growing Food, Keeping Animals Tagged: chicken tractor, chickens, garden beds, Permaculture, pig tractor, pigs, vegetable garden, weeds

Organic Fruit Fly Control and Hatching Chicks

August 1, 2010 by Darren

We had a fantastic presentation today at the Jamberoo Community Growers meeting, by the people from Organic Crop Protectants. A big part of the talk was on organic fruit fly control, using their “eco-naturalure” male fruit fly trap and attractant/insecticide products. It looks like a great system to keep these frustrating pests down. You simply … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food, Illawarra Organisations, Keeping Animals Tagged: chicken tractor, chickens, chicks, chooks, fruit fly, incubator, Jamberoo Community Growers, pests

Chicken Tractor Lifting Handles

July 24, 2010 by Darren

The chicken tractor I built with my father a couple of years ago is still going strong. Since moving to Jamberoo we’ve been using it to build garden beds – we place it where we want the bed, leave it there for a few weeks until the grass has been cleared, then move it along … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: chicken ark, chicken coops, chicken tractor, chickens, garden beds, jamberoo

Broody Chicken!

January 7, 2009 by Darren

Help! Does anyone know how to ‘cure’ a broody chicken? Molly (our cuckoo leghorn) has gone broody, and given her way would spend all day up in the roost area of our chicken tractor. The photo shows the roost with the access door open – she gets cranky and pecks me if I try to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: broody chickens, chicken tractor, chickens

Where To Buy Chicken Tractors

January 5, 2009 by Darren

I previously posted a list of online resources I found useful (for both plans and inspiration) when designing our chicken tractor, but I got a lot of emails asking where people could buy chicken tractors. Not everyone has the time (or tools!) to build something from scratch. You can buy chickens tractors in two main … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: chicken ark, chicken coops, chicken tractor, chooks
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