We had another rainy weekend here in sunny California. I took advantage of the few sunny moments we had to take some pictures of our completed chicken garden.
We just finished building this new fence and trellis that protect our chickens from any unwanted visitors.
Eventually the fence will weather to a nice soft gray.
I'm hoping that I can train some of this wisteria vine to wind its way through the trellis.
On the other side of the gate, the chickens are free to roam...
The chickens ate all of the ground cover in a matter of weeks, so we covered their garden with gravel.
My industrial cabinet from A Beautiful Mess found its permanent home here in our chicken garden. It works perfectly for storing all of my chicken supplies.
The chickens don't nibble on the existing camellias and calla lillies. Yay!
The bower vine will cover the trellis with white trumpet flowers in the summer.
Unfortunately we had to return our two black chickens to the farm when we realized they were roosters (no roosters allowed in Santa Monica!). We brought two new brown girls home with us and are slowly introducing them into the flock.
Our birch trees provide shade for the chicks during the day.
I planted a few more large white camillia bushes in the garden, once I realized that the chickens weren't interested in eating them.
There is plenty of space for the chicks to dig and play in their garden.
My new Ilse Jacobsen rain boots that I purchased from Monika at Splendid Willow Avenue have definitely come in handy during these recent rain storms!
No, Monika isn't an advertiser on my website... I just love my boots and wanted to let you know :)
I thought you might enjoy seeing a video of our Chicken Garden! For my email subscribers, please click here to go to the post on Velvet and Linen, if you can't view my video in the email post.
I also want to congratulate my dear friend and mentor Penny Bianchi and her husband Adam, on the hatching of their new ducklings!
xo
Brooke
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