Garden animals
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Small livestock for productive vegetable gardens
Having animals in the vegetable garden is both enjoyable and very useful, for them as well as for us!
Sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese… small animals are an integral part of an organic garden. Incorporating domestic animals into a productive and ecological vegetable garden project is an undeniable asset.
Whether grazing meadows or lawns, enriching them with their droppings, providing us with fertiliser, eating our kitchen waste, getting rid of surplus slugs and even wolverine voles, etc. Working the soil, fertilising, combating pests and diseases, or maintaining a lawn are just some of the tasks that these animals can bring to the garden. Their help is important and valuable! Yet gardening manuals rarely mention them, and almost always distinguish between plant production (vegetable garden, orchard, etc.) and raising domestic animals. And yet, when properly integrated into a micro-farm or family vegetable garden, these animals are a real asset that gardeners shouldn’t be without!
And in return, the garden is full of benefits for the animals: food, well-being, care…
In Les animaux jardiniers, Sylvie La Spina gives you all the keys you need to make the right choices, as well as advice on how to set them up, feed them and care for them, so that their presence, coupled with their endearing company, can lighten your workload in the vegetable garden.
Sylvie La Spina trained as an agricultural engineer. Her career and her work in developing organic farming have brought her into contact with many farmers and breeders. Her ecological micro-farm is a place where she can multiply her experiments and develop her vision of “gardening animals”.
The knowledge she has accumulated over the years on the best ways of raising and working with these animals in the vegetable garden or in the garden: she shares it in this book and responds to various issues.
- What species and breeds should you choose, depending on the space available and your plans and wishes? Approximately how much does an animal cost?
- Suitable food: how to feed them properly (and avoid toxic plants)?
- Habitat: what facilities are suitable for each species? What are the space and shelter requirements?
- How should you prepare for their arrival?
- How can their presence be beneficial, even in a greenhouse?
- Behaviour: learning to “deal with it” and avoid any “collateral damage”?
- Natural care for animals: information and advice on what to do, feedback, the main predators and diseases, and photos of the plants you need to know to treat them.
And much more.
A practical, well-documented book, ideal for anyone wanting to have all the information they need to work in harmony with their garden animals.
