Home Landscape Ideas
This covered patio in California’s Santa Barbara County is surrounded by edibles. They are protected in raised beds designed by the landscape architects at Carson Douglas Landscape Architecture. In spring and fall, chicken wire protects seedlings of vegetables and leafy crops like lettuce, kale, chard and cabbage from the birds. During the winter and early spring, the homeowners replace the chicken wire frames with Plexiglas frames. The design allows for the frames to be propped open for air circulation during the day, and then closed to protect the edibles on cold nights.
Modified plans. Designer Elle Woeller, owner of Summerland Homes & Gardens in Boston, had a chicken coop built when she transformed her once-empty yard into gardens and raised beds. She found coop plans online but decided against ordering the kit because “to ship cost half the cost of the coop,” so she modified the plans and found someone to make it. She and her husband painted the coop and designed the attached run near the garden. The one thing she would do differently next time is to make the door they use to access the run full-size, thus making the coop taller. The coop is big enough for eight chickens and has a back window for cross-ventilation.
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