Growing and
Free-Range Poultry
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OrganicVegetable
Growing and Free-Range Poultry |
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about short course
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Growing high quality organic vegetables is not difficult once you understand the ecology of the garden, especially if you use free range poultry. This one-day course will show you techniques for managing a self-sufficient or small scale commercial garden and the basics of free range poultry husbandry. We will consider the selection of vegetable species through the seasons, garden design, rotations, companion planting, meeting quality and organic standards, irrigation, pest and disease management, mulching, composting and soil fertility. The Chook is the world's original recycler and pest controller. We will look at its housing, breed characteristics, supplementary feeding, keeping hens out of the lettuces and foxes out of the hens; managing pests and diseases in free-range flocks, rearing your own replacements, the role of hens and geese in orchard management and small scale marketing. |