The bird garden is still a work in progress. It was set up as a place for our chickens to free-range. Over the years, I have found that letting it grow naturally suits the chickens as well as the wild birds. I have some plants growing already, but intend to add more. The plants currently in this garden include Ohio buckeye, viburnum, ginko, lilac, privet, honeysuckle bushes, hollyhock, artemsia, wormwood, poppy, roses, yucca and iris. I intend to add sunflowers, safflower, white millet, corn, sorghum, broom sedge, black-eyed Susans, coneflowers, evening primrose, bee balm, red clover, goldenrod, peanuts, nyjer, lettuce and other plants birds and chickens enjoy. There are also plans to put in a large pond with boggy edges.
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- Chickens in the bird garden.
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- Another view of the chickens in the bird garden.
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- Chickens in the bird garden.
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- These hens are having a grand time in the bird garden eating grass and scratching about looking for bugs.
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- These hens are having a grand time in the bird garden eating grass and scratching about looking for bugs.
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- A few of our chickens.
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- Some of my chickens eating grass.
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- A view of the bird garden. I try to let this area be more natural.
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- Artemisia patch.
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- Honeysuckle trees along the fence line in the bird garden. They offer shade, shelter and protection from predators.
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- Gooseberries.
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- A bluebird house and a large bird feeder.
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- One of the birdhouses in the bird garden. Every spring there are baby birds that hatch in this house.
