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A few words about regenerative farming and gardening strategies, meat and plant diet:

Australorpe melbourne permaculture garden design

A few words about regenerative farming and gardening strategies, meat and plant diet: I decided to write this as an answer to a conversation with a vegan gardener that objected the use of animals in a community garden. This is an opinion article, feel free to comment on it to add your views to the

Luxurious fox proofed chicken coop – Thornbury

Awesome chicken coop yard melbourne

This brand new chicken coop, built in Thornbury in Melbourne’s inner north displays an elegant design and some seriously awesome features!  * Surrounded by a mini fruit orchard, the hens will enjoy shade in summer and benefit from the thermal mass of the brick wall in winter.  * These Far West saloon style double gates

Chicken house and chicken yard – Hawthorn

Chicken house coop recycled timber melbourne

These are a few pictures of a chicken coop we have just inaugurated today in Hawthorn. The chicken are is made of a fully fox proof cage around a gorgeous chicken house. Two adjacent chicken yards allow the chooks to access some green during the day, before being locked in their safe haven at night! The house

Old school timber joinery… Just unbeatable!

This chicken house will take longer to build than one built with a nail gun and glue, but a bit of craftsmanship and a bit of extra patience allows us to build a frame that will last for generations of chickens after generations of chickens! Of course screws could also be replaced with wooden tenons…