The Sustainable Garden
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Colorful Coops
Carlson also built the chicken coop, with bright red, orange, and gold trim to enliven the landscape and draw attention to their occupants. Three Buff Orpington hens (the maximum number of chickens allowed on a Seattle residential lot) are moved around in a bottomless portable pen built from salvaged cedar and hardware cloth. This way, the chickens' tasks of fertilizing and turning over the soil is distributed throughout the garden. At night, the hens return to the safety of their brightly painted coop home. All the fowl provide eggs the family eats.
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