Urban Chickens

Permaculture is a system where everything works in harmony and little is wasted. In the age of “fast, cheap, and easy” and planned obsolescence, it's not surprising that sustainability would be a concept out-of-step with the way our society currently functions. Somewhere along the way, we've become a nation of consumers, not producers.

Thankfully, recent years have provided a counter-trend – a soaring demand for local and regional food and an attempt to rebuild America's food culture.

The idea of sustainability isn't one exclusive to rural areas...it's one that is taking hold in urban settings. Yards are being transformed into edible landscapes - raised beds offer up produce, a small greenhouse supplies cold tolerant crops for the winter, and plants are thrown onto a compost pile which will be added back into the garden to replenish the soil...and keeping chickens is one more step in that sustainability model.

NOTE: Chickens are wonderful, gentle, predictable birds who will improve your soil, fertilize it, remove insects, control flies AND give you delicious, deep yellow yoke eggs. They ask for little in return.