Wow that's so cool. My wife and I used to grow veggies in Canberra, Australia but since moving back to Townsville, Australia it seems to be either far too hot or the soil just sucks so we can't grow much of anything. In Canberra we had so many watermelons, sweet potatoes, tomatoes and zuchinnis that we couldn't even get rid of them all! We ended up buying around 10 or 12 chickens just so we didn't waste the veggies which ended up great cos we then got eggs :)
I might try again soon after seeing your bumper crop. Maybe I'll enlist the help of a local expert this time. Unfortunately we'll no longer have chickens either as a neighbour complained about the increased likelihood of snakes which is a fair call.
All the best and look forward to following you for more posts :)
Hello! That was such a great idea getting chickens to help with the excess food. That's one of the reasons we loved our chickens and ducks. They eat everything we gave them. It was such a fun time having them.
I completely understand either far too hot or far too cold. Michigan's weather is so weird. It changes drastically each day. I'm sorry you have to get rid of the chickens, it sucks when you're prohibited from bettering your life and the environment due to neighbors that don't understand.
Keep on pursuing it! It'll work out eventually. :-)