Yes, hogs will root out small underbrush if given a reason. My grandfather caught ferral hogs and put them in a hot wired patch, then he would throw in corn kernels, in and around palmettos and assorted weeds. When the hogs cleaned the small stuff, he would move them on to the next patch. The ground was clear of everything smaller than a mans upper arm.
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Sorry it took me so long to get back here!
My chicken coop/pen is right next to my garden, separated by a chickenwire fence.
I have little doorways cut into the fence at each garden walkway.
When I need a walkway weeded, I place my tunnel over the walkway and open the little chicken door, the hens go in and clean up the row in 10 to 15 minutes. I coax them back out with grain, move the tunnel to the next walkway, open the next door and so on til all the walkways are weeded.
I plant my garden in wide rows about 4 ft across. My walkways are smaller.
As for the tunnels, I made rectangle frames out of 3/4" pvc the width of my walkways and about 10 ft long. I attached garden "hoops" to the frames and covered them with chicken wire. (Garden hoops are those wire semi-circles used to hold up bug barriers/ etc. over your plants).
I made my tunnel in sections so I can easily pick a section up with one hand, they are really light weight. I place two or three in a line to do each walkway. Just remember that the last one has to have chicken wire covering the end.
The whole tunnel is about 2 ft tall, tall enough for my largest rooster to walk through with no trouble.
Hope this makes sense, If I ever get my scanner working, I'll post a picture!
My chicken coop/pen is right next to my garden, separated by a chickenwire fence.
I have little doorways cut into the fence at each garden walkway.
When I need a walkway weeded, I place my tunnel over the walkway and open the little chicken door, the hens go in and clean up the row in 10 to 15 minutes. I coax them back out with grain, move the tunnel to the next walkway, open the next door and so on til all the walkways are weeded.
I plant my garden in wide rows about 4 ft across. My walkways are smaller.
As for the tunnels, I made rectangle frames out of 3/4" pvc the width of my walkways and about 10 ft long. I attached garden "hoops" to the frames and covered them with chicken wire. (Garden hoops are those wire semi-circles used to hold up bug barriers/ etc. over your plants).
I made my tunnel in sections so I can easily pick a section up with one hand, they are really light weight. I place two or three in a line to do each walkway. Just remember that the last one has to have chicken wire covering the end.
The whole tunnel is about 2 ft tall, tall enough for my largest rooster to walk through with no trouble.
Hope this makes sense, If I ever get my scanner working, I'll post a picture!
Wow Thanks Fin!
I made it about 10 years ago, aside from getting stepped on by a horse, it's still working great and I don't have to weed (YEAH)!
I made it about 10 years ago, aside from getting stepped on by a horse, it's still working great and I don't have to weed (YEAH)!
Ken, I've thought about doing that, now that I have a half decent camera, maybe I'll get it done.
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