Hubby bought a new sign for the front porch. I thought you could use a short post to read today, since a wrote such a long one yesterday. Ha ha!
After weeding the herb garden (or rather part of it), I tossed some lemon balm I thinned out, into the chicken's nesting boxes. I read that some herbs are great pest controls in the coop (Backyard Poultry Magazine, 2011, June/July issue).
By the way, the author of that article, Susan Burek (Herbalist), also has an article you can read online. It's for making a natural citrus disinfectant. And it's for the chicken coop of course. I found her article very interesting, because we do have a natural branch ladder in the coop, and I never thought once about the cracks and the possibility for mites to live and breed. We don't have an infestation, but this is a nice preventative. And it's natural.
I have also found that my chickens don't eat my herbs. They would rather have grass and bugs. So for now, it will just make their nesting box smell good, and keep the rodents out.
If you don't like to see dead animals, don't click on the "read more" today.
