Keeping Chickens OUT of the Garden - Cross Fencing the Property with a Dual Purpose Plan

[@candacemiller-wh5rm]

It is nice to see Clay getting into the videos more. Bless You both. Looking forward to seeing more videos during the colder months, when you are not so busy gardening. Really looking forward to your new house build!!!

[@mags102755]

I feel strongly that your new fence will keep those dang chickens out of the garden. Always great to see you Ariel, and now Clay too!

[@DingbadYoutube]

You will enjoy the raspberries. Great to see the fence up. Thanks for the video.

[@platemanFYI]

Short but sweet!

[@ginnyandersen8527]

I wondered about that. The critters here love to peck at lots of garden things in their reach. Birds, squirrels, and I found out that the dog even likes berries! Who knew?

[@rubygray7749]

I had a dog called Rob the Raspberry Robber. He loved to free range graze in the raspberry patch.

[@wendyweaver8749]

@@rubygray7749 - Decades ago, I could not understand why my raspberry bushes had berries at and near the top (about 42") but no berries lower down. Turns out my dog, Eloise, loved raspberries! She would sit and lick all the berries up to level of her "seated" nose. However, she did keep the birds away from the berries above that height, so I was able to eat a couple of bowls over the season. But there were never enough berries to make jam or jelly. Thankfully, Eloise did not like strawberries and blackberries, too.

[@tinkerbell9396]

Love the rainbow in the background! Beautiful land you two have. I did learn something I didn't notice before, your soil cuts like butter! I live in the Senora Desert 🏜️ digging holes for fruit trees is more than a challenge 🤦 love that mountain soil! 😉

[@christineb8148]

Oh, raspberries!! That will be delightful!

[@isabelgranados8176]

It looks really hard work but the way you talk about makes it like a story, so much fun

[@magamutts5726]

No matter what projects you guys take on you always do a thorough job. This was very helpful.

[@patriciafuchs5970]

You will love the raspberries and strawberries! The fence is a great idea! Pesky chickens. Lol.

[@bboice08]

Thanks for update🎉🎉🎉🎉those chickens❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@heatherclayton-callaghan4270]

Interesting and useful thankyou Clay. 👍 Its a delight that Ariel has you as her right hand man on a permanent badis now you're retired. I'm so glad theres plenty to do on the homestead as you and Ariel move forward and develope this land. Winter is alwys perking over your shoulder when youre that hogh up on the mountains. How good it will be Ariel to get the upper hand on that terrible quack grass !!! Many blessings y'all from Australia 🇦🇺 🤗🙏💞👌👍✌️👏👊🇺🇸

[@carolluther1625]

So glad you had a plan to deter chickens when needed, and making plans for future gardening of berries. Yum!

[@undertheumbels]

Love the idea of a raspberry trellis!

[@jeffmcdonald4225]

Fun! I could tell it was a while ago, because it's getting cold up here! 😊

[@peggymclean6663]

Ambitious, nicely done!

[@lilyavery8230]

I've got hundreds of black raspberry bushes I can send your way! At some point they'll have to be removed since our property has literally thousands of the thorny bushes...along with blackberry bushes, which I'd gladly share...and a few others....we designed our garden with a heavy duty tarp to keep the weeds and girls from digging and it worked like a charm. Good luck with the new layout and keeping the girls from the garden...Thanks for sharing.

[@chriswren2559]

That is so smart making use of your fence that way while discouraging the quack grass. I wish there was some natural solution to quack grass ... I wonder if a close grazer like sheep or goats could eradicate it in the rest of your property if confined to one section at a time?

[@zzydny]

I wondered how long it would take the chickens to find the garden!

[@anitaherbert1037]

We have problems with horsetail( lego plant). Our neibour ptopogated it with faulty weeding practices.

[@pennypeace-cornelius191]

Protecting your garden is not an easy job and that quack grass is giving you quite the challenge.

[@carolynmoody9460]

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[@beverlymichael5830]

My chickens have radio locating my garden that is made away from them. I have fencing and they have dug enough to squeeze through. Then I have to fix until they find another spot to dig enough to squeeze through. The little rascals.

[@sandradee8880]

I did something but few learned fly over. So I need catch them and clip wings.

[@FluffyFlowersTV]

Will you be making another calendar for sale this year? I'd love to buy one.

[@jewelssylva3738]

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[@susanjerrell9220]

You can throw scratch in the garden As they eat they can fertilize the garden.

[@SBS379]

Hi Ariel, This is an unrelated question but what do you use to clear snow off of your solar panels? Thanks

[@timpickering8255]

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[@sharvo6]

Hi, happy early thanksgiving. I'm not sure I understand how this fence is going to work ... I thought Burley was your poultry protector, If there's a fence now, how is that going to work? Death to quack grass.

[@annesweeney5552]

When did you find a husband ? When ? How did you meet ?

[@denisejones1863]

They were long time friends and have been married for it must be at least 2 years now. She has a video about it. Clay and Ariel worked together and now Clay has retired.

[@SherryTheSecretary]

You called this a cross fence. What is a cross fence?

[@mjmcinnesincanada]

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