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Many gardeners fear chickens will peck away at their landscape, and chicken lovers often shy away from gardening for the same reason. But you can keep chickens and have a beautiful garden, too! Fresh eggs aren't the only benefit — chickens can actually help your garden grow and thrive, even as your garden does the same for your chickens.
In this essential handbook, award-winning garden designer Jessi Bloom covers everything a gardener needs to know, including chicken-keeping basics, simple garden plans to get you started, tips on attractive fencing options, the best plants and plants to avoid, and step-by-step instructions for getting your chicken garden up and running.
For anyone who wants a fabulous garden where colorful chickens happily roam, Free-Range Chicken Gardens is the guide that will bring the dream home to roost.
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“Numerous illustrations, full-color photos, charts and tables, garden layouts, and useful tips…offer a wealth of practical advice.” Booklist
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“A comprehensive guide from mating to medicine that will particularly help beginners…Bloom makes a persuasive case.” Publishers Weekly
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“This is one of the coolest books I have had the privilege of reviewing.” ReadingAllYearLong.com
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“A fun new book.” Valerie Easton
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“If you have a backyard flock or you’re thinking of getting one, I would highly recommend this book as part of your poultry library.” Plant Talk blog
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“Everything you want to know about gardening with chickens…is here." Spinning Alpaca Yarns.com
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“Exquisitely produced and artfully photographed.” Garden Rant
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“Bloom’s obvious enthusiasm for good design and for her birds will inspire both novice and experienced chicken owners to create a garden space for hens and humans to enjoy.” San Francisco Chronicle
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“Jessi Bloom’s new book is as lush and inspiring as the chicken paradise featured on the front.” Genevieve Schmidt, The American Gardener
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“Solves the dilemma of having free-range chickens and a vegetable garden.” TheGardenCoop.com
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“Well-written and would be a true asset to every chicken owner. This book has now become one of my favorite chicken books.” Kym Pokorny, The Oregonian
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“I can honestly refer to it as the Chicken Bible for Gardeners. With everything from coop design, dietary needs, to chicken personality explained, this book seems to leave nothing out.” TillysNest.com
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“Dispenses good, commonsense advice.” FloraDoraGardens.com
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“Tackles the very fear that keeps so many from the enjoyment of raising their own backyard flock.” HenCam.com
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“I love this book. It has the two things I look for in any garden book: tons of solidly researched, well-written, detailed information and lots of big inspirational color photos.” GreenPreferred.com
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"... a manifesto on the many ways to pamper your hens - with plants for foraging and shelter, rain-fed water bowls and eco-friendly lawns." WhitePinesWhisper.com
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"Bloom's obvious enthusiasm for creative design and for her birds will inspire both novice and experienced chicken owners to create a garden space that hens and humans can inhabit harmoniously." Sunset Magazine
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“Complete with gorgeous photos, diagrams, plans, and a very well written and easy to understand approach, you will want to get your hands upon this book if you have ever dreamed of incorporating chickens into your lifestyle.” Genevieve Schmidt - American Gardener
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“Jessi’s approach is unique in that she’s a landscape designer and a chicken owner.” Small Town Living.com
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“I’ve had chickens for four years and I wish that I could have had Jessi Bloom’s new book in the beginning.” Sustainable Eats.com
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“Provides a good overview on coop building styles and considerations, very basic chicken care info, do-grow/don’t-grow plant lists for the chicken garden and lots and lots of gorgeous inspirational pictures.” Willi Galloway - Diggin Food.com
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“The only book I have seen that tells you exactly how you can have your chickens AND your garden too.” NW Edible
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“A great basic guide for first-time chicken owners and chicken owner wannabes.” Living Homegrown.com
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"Exquisitely produced and artfully photographed." Willi Galloway - San Francisco Chronicle
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“A fun new book.” Genevieve Schmidt - Plant Talk blog
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“If you have a backyard flock or youre thinking of getting one, I would highly recommend this book as part of your poultry library.” Kym Pokorny - Spinning Alpaca Yarns.com
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“Everything you want to know about gardening with chickens…is here." Genevieve Schmidt - Garden Rant
Synopsis
Many gardeners fear chickens will peck away at their landscape, and chicken lovers often shy away from gardening for the same reason. But you can keep chickens and have a beautiful garden, too In this essential handbook, award-winning garden designer Jessi Bloom offers step-by-step instructions for creating a beautiful and functional space and maintaining a happy, healthy flock. Free-Range Chicken Gardens covers everything a gardener needs to know, from the basics of chicken keeping and getting them acclimated to the garden, to how to create the perfect chicken-friendly garden design and build innovative coops.
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"If your garden fantasies involve chickens, Jessi Bloom is here to make those dreams come true." --The New York Times
Many gardeners fear chickens will peck away at their landscape. But you can keep chickens and have a beautiful garden, too In this essential handbook, award-winning garden designer Jessi Bloom offers step-by-step instructions for creating a beautiful and functional space and maintaining a happy, healthy flock. Free-Range Chicken Gardens covers everything a gardener needs to know, from the basics of chicken keeping and getting them acclimated to the garden, to how to create the perfect chicken-friendly garden design and build innovative coops.
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About the Author
Kate Baldwin lives and gardens in Portland, Oregon. She has contributed to gardening books, newspapers, and magazines including Portland Monthly, where her column, Dig, and gardening blog, Plantwise, appear.
Jessi Bloom is an award-winning ecological landscape designer, professional horticulturalist, and certified arborist. She is lead designer and owner of N.W. Bloom—EcoLogical Landscapes, known for innovation in sustainable landscape design, construction, and maintenance. Jessi is committed to educating others and now spends much of her time teaching, consulting, and speaking nationwide in addition to designing landscapes. Her best-selling book Free-Range Chicken Gardens has been praised for being informative and inspiring, changing the way people integrate animals into their landscapes. Recognition for her work includes awards from the Washington State Department of Ecology, the American Horticultural Society, Pacific Horticulture magazine, Sunset magazine, the Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association, and the Washington Association of Landscape Professionals. She lives north of Seattle with her sons on her permaculture homestead.