Discover how Mark from Self Sufficient Me built an innovative chicken composting ring using recycled plastic materials. This ...

Your articles and tips have made my goal of living off my land a reality. After 20-plus years, it was time to redo my composting bins. Building a new compost bin inside my chickens’ fenced-in area has ...

Discover how chicken manure can transform your garden with Mark's experience using it as a nutrient-rich, natural fertilizer.

This past spring, I set out to design and maintain a sustainable garden in my backyard—and a big part of that project has involved using chickens to fertilize my soil and help process my compost pile.

Like cooking an egg, timing is everything with poultry manure, a Vermont master gardener warns this week. First-timers in the world of small-scale poultry might be tempted to shovel a week's worth of ...

The author’s hens stay on pasture during warmer months and then overwinter inside a greenhouse. Use chicken manure in garden to boost crops’ productivity, while also utilizing a greenhouse chicken ...

Lancaster County, the leading poultry producer in Pennsylvania, sits at the epicenter of the latest national outbreak of ...