135-Backyard Chickens: Benefits and Challenges for Gardeners, with Lisa Steele
The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l
Joe Lamp'l
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2019
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
For many gardeners (myself included), the passion for producing our own food and caring for the natural world around us leads us to another hobby - keeping backyard chickens. My guest this week, Lisa Steele, is the go-to authority on that subject. Lisa discusses many aspects of keeping backyard chickens, including the benefits and challenges for gardeners.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover |
| 0:08.7 | everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required. |
| 0:13.1 | And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, |
| 0:18.5 | Joe Lample. |
| 0:19.5 | Hi everybody, this is Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe |
| 0:23.1 | Gardner Show. |
| 0:24.6 | How many gardeners do you know that are also backyard chicken keepers? |
| 0:28.0 | I am and have been for years, and I know many people that would love to have chickens |
| 0:32.6 | too. |
| 0:33.6 | Maybe you're in that group, but because of homeowner covenants and restrictions or neighbors |
| 0:37.5 | and close proximity, you don't have chickens for now. |
| 0:40.6 | And maybe it's because you think that between the noise and the smell, your neighbors will |
| 0:44.7 | not be happy. |
| 0:46.3 | Well, I can't agree about the noise. |
| 0:48.1 | At least if you end up with a rooster, there's no stopping, they're crowing at all hours |
| 0:52.8 | of the day. |
| 0:54.1 | Somehow that idea of just crowing in the morning, I grew up with cartoons and things, and that's |
| 0:59.0 | seemed to be the only time they crowed, but that is not the case. |
| 1:02.2 | It's definitely a myth, and I know that all too well, filming around the garden farm |
| 1:06.5 | and elsewhere for our television shows and videos. |
| 1:09.5 | At any time during the day, a rooster will let you know he's around. |
| 1:13.7 | That I can assure you. |
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