A downside of chickens

Small price to pay, I suppose. But I let these girls out for at least an hour a day and they keep the slaters and millipedes low.


See how they scratch into to deepest little recesses. Great.



But they also like the growing foliage of these newly planted artichokes. And my half hearted efforts to guard them were easily thwarted.

Now I know it's a real problem I'll need to get a little more clever.

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