How to Keep Chickens Out of the Cutting Garden

Cloudy, cold, one of the coldest days, so far, this year, yesterday, and at a jobsite in the windiest county of the state.

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A thousand daffodil bulbs needed sighting, and design ideas for directing guests to the front door instead of their preferred choice, the back door.

In the cutting garden, above/below.  Last year we realized the chickens won, and we had to consider how to keep them out.

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Ironically, the solution was not a first thought.

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And, the solution made us laugh out loud.

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The solution is the evergreen hedging you see, above/below.

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Laughter at ourselves, thinking for decades, low evergreen hedging was an 'aesthetic' design choice from Williamsburg, VA,  England, and etc....

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Wrongo buckaroos.  And not merely a 'little' wrong either !

For centuries the low evergreen hedging has been used to keep chickens out.  Aka, survival.

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Daffodil foliage is coming up, above, however patches of several thousand daffodils in the front garden are not showing a single daffodil spear tip.

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Garden & Be Well,    XO Tara

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From childhood, this client & I shared something beyond our control.  Something this quote, below, captures perfectly.  Yes, I sent it to her when I found it.

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We had to create our own way.  Parenting during formative years forced it.

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Instead of anger, Providence gave us hearts wanting accomplishment.  And the accomplishment of our friends.  Benevolence.

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Knowing to be part of the pack, for our friends.

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Being thrown to the wolves, more than once, has been the best thing ever.

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With my girlfriends, who have survived, to thrive, being thrown to the wolves, whatever table we sit at, is the cool chicks table. WE like us !