CEWAK Urban Ag
Building the coop was a bit of work. But, we ended up with a secure home for our 4 chickens.
Cedar siding from the re-store, metal roof, fully insulated, with double-pane windows.
We planted hops and ivy on the sides for summer shade. Hardware cloth all around, even under the floor, keeps predators out.
Our chickens are famous! They've been on the Mad-City chicken coop tour twice, were featured in an article in the Fitchburg Star, have a bit part in the Tarazod full length movie: "Mad-City Chickens", and appear in Extension circular A3908, "Poultry in Urban Areas".
Cedar siding from the re-store, metal roof, fully insulated, with double-pane windows.
We planted hops and ivy on the sides for summer shade. Hardware cloth all around, even under the floor, keeps predators out.
Our chickens are famous! They've been on the Mad-City chicken coop tour twice, were featured in an article in the Fitchburg Star, have a bit part in the Tarazod full length movie: "Mad-City Chickens", and appear in Extension circular A3908, "Poultry in Urban Areas".
When Toby was 8 years old, she entered and WON! the Cap Times Garden Contest.
She wrote the application herself, and Dad helped a bit with planning and planting.
She wrote the application herself, and Dad helped a bit with planning and planting.
There's room for a small prairie area leading down to the garden: a tallgrass prairie, a shortgrass prairie, and a wet prairie.
We occasionally burn the prairie, and manage it to make sure non-native invasives don't creep in.
Our prairie area was a study site for a graduate degree from the UW Madison soils department. The researcher compared soil properties in the prairie to soil properties on the adjacent lawn area; collecting data on such things as permeability, bulk density, and carbon content. It was fun to watch the amoozemeter in action!
We occasionally burn the prairie, and manage it to make sure non-native invasives don't creep in.
Our prairie area was a study site for a graduate degree from the UW Madison soils department. The researcher compared soil properties in the prairie to soil properties on the adjacent lawn area; collecting data on such things as permeability, bulk density, and carbon content. It was fun to watch the amoozemeter in action!
