Ozarkguy's Garden Corral

The following layout was designed in order to minimize the amount of time and materials needed, along with the fact that less land is required for housing all your essential elements. In order to increase the efficiency of whatever livestock and plants you have, we recommend Ozarkguy's Garden Corral.  The following design is a secured area built to incorporate a garden, worm beds, livestock, grazing area, chicken moat, and more.

The entire area is totally enclosed.  By enclosing the area you eliminate almost all predator access.  The fencing is bent at ground level, and then buried just beneath the surface and extends 2 feet beyond the sides.  Burrowing animals are now stopped.  The entire top perimeter of the garden corral has barbed, as well as electrified wiring around it.  Chickens go in the coop, and the livestock is secured in the stall area at night.

The chicken moat is the runway all around the garden and corral areas.  This allows for free grazing by the chickens and guinea hens around the entire garden and livestock perimeter.  The fowl eat insects migrating from outside the area before they can attack your plants, and are constantly foraging the circumference picking up ticks and other unwanted bugs.  The small width of the moat eliminates access to the chickens from above by birds of prey.

A significant benefit of having your animals, garden, worms, etc. all in close proximity is ecological transfer. By this we mean: 

v      The garden scraps are food for your livestock.  They also go into the rabbit hutches and the worms, and the remainder goes into the compost bin. 

 

v      The chickens and guinea fowl produce both eggs and meat, and help get rid of unwanted bugs and weed seeds in the area.  The chicken droppings can go into the garden and the compost bin.

 

v      The rabbits produce skins and meat, and their droppings can go into the worm bins and the garden.

 

v      The worms can be a possible source of income, and at the very least they provide you with fishing bait.  The worms can also be used as additional feed for your chickens, they are excellent for your garden, and the castings are used as fertilizer for your plants. 

 

v      The livestock produce both dairy products and meat.  Also the manure from the livestock area is used in your compost bin, and then to your garden and worm beds.

 Full cycle.......everything has a purpose and nothing goes to waste!

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