Year of Plenty

Sat., April 24, 2010

View From Your Garden - Chicken Tractor

Pictured above is a new Millwood area chicken tractor made from a discarded shipping crate. You can barely see it because of the shadows, but the crate is on wheels so it can be moved around, along with the PVC framed run. The birds can feed/mow and fertilize one section of grass and then do the same to the next section. If you don't move the run around their potent chicken poo will eventually kill the grass. They said it cost them around $300 with all of the hardware. They have two meat birds and some laying hens.

Send me pics of your chicken coop or tractor as part of the View from Your Garden Series.

Posted April 24, 2010, 12:56 p.m.

The Year of Plenty blog was created by Craig Goodwin in the winter of 2008 to chronicle the experiences of his family as they sought to consume everything local, used, homegrown or homemade. That journey was a wonderful introduction to people and movements in the Spokane area who are seeking the welfare of the community through local foods, farmers markets, community gardens, sustainable transportation, and more fulfilling and just patterns of consumption. In 2009 and beyond the blog will continue to report on these relationships and practices, all through the eyes of a family with young children. Craig manages the Millwood Farmers' Market, is a Master Food Preserver and Pastor at Millwood Presbyterian Church. Craig can be reached at goody2230@gmail.com