Our backyard is totally decimated! I've found its really hard keeping a dog and 2 chickens in a tiny backyard while trying to grow a garden. The drought at the end of the summer combined with the snow and muck this winter = total disaster.
I'm saving up now to get our fence fixed. The fence is really in bad shape and was created cheaply and too fast. That's never a good combination. We have a parking pad outside the back of the fence, I'd like to get that all fenced in to extend the yard and create a new fenced in area for the chickens. Right now they are totally free range and loving it! We could make them a smaller enclosure and let them out periodically but not all day, every day.
Willie is a little easier to handle. She has learned to stay away from the raised garden beds but she will dig if she finds a pile of dirt. Then the chickens come along and scratch their way into a hole searching for worms. Then Redwood twists his ankle walking around the yard! It's not a good cycle.
I'll continue saving and hopefully this backyard will be looking better come Spring!
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