Backyard chickens are having a moment in the gardening spotlight after a popular post showed how they can help turn organic ...

In this video, I demonstrate a simple backyard chicken composting system that efficiently produces a significant amount of ...

Chicken manure could be a great addition to garden soil. Chicken waste is not waste at all, it’s actually a garden seed of gold that can be used as an organic fertiliser for lawn and garden. Hello ...

In the fall, my husband and I take advantage of all the autumn leaves and use them as winter bedding in our chicken coop. When the leaves are dry, we use the leaf vacuum, bag them up and store them in ...

Chickens peck at food scraps in a compost pile at Black Dirt Farm, a chicken farm that uses food waste as feed. Photo by Justin Trombly/VTDigger Chicken farmers who also run compost operations say a ...

While coffee grounds and banana peels both add valuable nutrients, this compost material is even easier to come by and would ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - For more than a year, Vermont law has required people to compost their food scraps and there are a growing number of ways to do it. One operation out of Montpelier takes that ...

WILLOWS — After hearing complaints from concerned citizens about a proposed chicken manure composting operation Wednesday, the Glenn County Planning Commission instructed planners to consider the ...