Keeping Chickens and Grow your Own Combined Course
Our combined Keeping Chickens & Grow your Own Course is split into two sessions:
First Session: Starting with Chickens
Second Session: Grow your Own
Starting with Chickens Session
This is an ideal beginners course for those of you who are thinking about keeping a few chickens in your back garden for their eggs.
The session includes:
- Discussing the various chicken breeds, including battery hens
- Choosing the right chickens for you, and how many you’ll need
- Housing
- Protecting your chickens
- Feeding
- Caring for your chickens
- Common problems and ailments
- Legalities – selling your chickens eggs
Grow your Own Session
Want to start your own veggie plot? Put food on your table – literally? This session will provide you with enough knowledge to get you started.
The session includes:
- Planning your veggie plot into ‘families’
- Crop rotation
- Ground preparation
- The polytunnel
- Composting and making your own liquid fertiliser
- Save money by making your own seed and plant pots
- Seeding, thinning out, planting out
- Natural methods of keeping slugs at bay
- Preserving and storing your produce
We also have various fruit trees, fruit bushes, hazelnut trees, and a herb garden – so there will be an opportunity to discuss all these too.
Our courses are very informal, friendly and informative. We don’t operate a classroom environment and you won’t find any other attendees on the course with you – it’s just you and whoever you bring along in your party. We provide personal tuition which we believe is more beneficial. We are also happy to run our courses at a time and date to suit you – just let us know when you want to come over!
Continuing Support
After the course, we will send you an email detailing everything covered on the course.
We’re always happy to help with any queries that you may have in the future, so do feel free to contact us with any questions / concerns as and when they arise.
We were in the same position as you once and are happy to share our knowledge and experiences with you.
- The course starts at 10.30 am and lasts for around 4 hours
- Light refreshments and snacks provided throughout the duration of the course
- Sensible clothing and footwear essential
Cost
£50.00 per person
DISCOUNTS
x2 attendees – save £5.00 per person
x3 or more attendees – save £10.00 per person
Venue
This course is held from our home in Martley, Worcestershire.
Full directions and contact details are provided upon booking. As this is our private home we only accept visitors by prior appointment.
Course Dates and Booking
Select a course date to be taken to the registration page.