Jun 19, 2015 the vegetable garden itself was laid out in the form of two overlapping mandalas, a series of interconnected circular beds that provide the most amount of growing area for the least amount of path, and was based on that found in linda woodrows book the permaculture home garden. Choose the size of dome you wantthese instructions are for a 38 sphere. Jul 27, 2009 if i remember correctly, a 10pipe dome is approximately the same size as described in linda woodrows book. In order to make linda woodrow s first vego tuesday meal. We had a linda woodrow design chook dome at our last place but it wasnt ideal as our block was very sloping and the flat bits were a bit too narrow for the dome.
At any one time the chooks will be in one bed, so that leaves 6 beds of. It took my husband and i longer to build the tractor and 2 hours to move the. In previous posts i have talked about our reasons for going off grid, and our off grid house. First we worked out the lengths of the bits of pipe we needed using a bit of high school maths. Preface i first coauthored this project with my daughter roseanne in 20042005. We have built a new chook dome for our garden, also known to some people as a chicken.
Its a no dig system where the dome and its chooks become the tractor. The nourishing hearthfire traditional, nourishing, mostly. All australian and some great articles on organic gardening and selfsufficiency. Paddys chook was named shirley, and alice had chosen. Starting a permaculture garden jo simply will jo simply will. My dome is about 2m in diameter pvc conduit is sold in 6m lengths, and i. All i had was a dream and some books on the bedside table. Dec 08, 2009 oh, and also, check out linda woodrows permaculture home garden. I have a farmette in south africa all of 4 hectares, and i am a budding permie who needs some advice. A variation on the original design with thicker pipes connected at the top by a metal ring not a basket weave structure, nevertheless they were happy with it. Nov 21, 2015 the chook dome is rotated within the mandala design. An important part of living off grid is being able to supply at least some of our own food.
Even with many hands, we cannot hold these together, they spring apart. My garden these days is small and very intensively. Larger, rotational or moveable structures such as the dome design which involves mesh or netting framed with polypipe. This mini chookdome was designed to keep three chooks on an empty vegetable garden temporarily last summer. Jun 26, 2012 this mini chookdome was designed to keep three chooks on an empty vegetable garden temporarily last summer. Geodesic chook dome, based on linda woodrow concept for. Build your own geodesic chicken tractor permaculture noosa.
The chook dome is in my opinion the absolute perfect chicken cage solution. Getting started with backyard chickens sustainable suburbia. The chickens clean out used beds, pulling out weeds, finishing off odd crops, eating pests and fertilising as they go. April 11, 2012 1 comment on introduction to permaculture. Linda still has a blog that she writes up regularly s. Buy the premaculture home garden by woodrow, linda isbn. Anakid, bunnings also has a range of fencing made of i think woven willow, look good and quite solid. Moving towards the good life step by step this journal will track our progress towards self sufficiency utilising permaculture and other sustainable techniques. Your new system looks very impressive and productive, and its wonderful that you finally have chooks again. Linda woodrow s permaculture home garden is one of my all time favourite gardening books. If all else fails, check out linda woodrow s permaculture book and make yourself a chook dome 4m diameter that you can pin to the ground and keep them contained in with the added advantage of once they have grown out of their runnerdom, you can use the dome for some poultry. I dont get every issue unfortunately, only when theres something of particular interest like the chook dome article in the latest edition of earth garden mag based on linda woodrow s design in her brilliant book permaculture home garden.
May 06, 2011 the design is a slight adaptation from linda woodrow s to fit our smaller garden. We have made the chook dome from linda woodrows fantastic book, as have some friends near by. Jan 04, 2020 i first found out about this way of mandala gardening from linda woodrows the permaculture home garden. These cirulate within the mandala cleaning up spent crops and pests, and fertilizing for the next planting. Why i dont use chook domes any more witches kitchen.
I have since moved house three times, and started three new gardens, all different adaptations of lindas design. We had eggs incubating under a broody chook at the time of. Linda woodrow, in her very fine book the permaculture home garden, outlines a chicken tractor system based on a thing she called a chook dome, which is basically a hemispherical chicken tractor chook domes are great because two people can move them easily, the structure is reasonably strong, you can build them out of readily available materials. Linda woodrows book, the permaculture home garden, is an entertaining and. Sustainable gardeners lets save the future generations by. Dec 19, 2016 so out of the witches kitchen should come food that is healthy, tasty, local, seasonal, ethical, green, and sustainable. Sep 11, 2014 geodesic chook dome, based on linda woodrow concept for use within garden or pastured systems. I originally used the chook dome, pictured, to create my gardens. I used white pvc piping, but perhaps 34 inch rural grade poly pipe might be rigid enough to work. How to grow great tasting fruit and vegetables the organic way by linda woodrow 19960305 woodrow, linda, mollison, bill on. Why i dont use chook domes any more the witches kitchen. Well be building home extensions, worm farming, recycling, using chooks to weed and fertilise our garden, and producing healthy home grown produce for our family and friends.
Now, for the first time, the hens will be moving onto finished beds. I have been growing organic veggies for a while now and i have read linda woodrow s book on the permaculture home garden and am getting ready to build my first chook dome. Purple pears market garden resembles woodrow s system being a series of. Friday, while pearl was marketeering, olive and i built a duck dome. Your original chook dome system worked too well where you are which i guess, is a good thing in permaculture terms. The chook dome is rotated within the mandala design. Obviously, this is suitable for the keyhole beds beloved of permies. Chicken dome been trying to construct a chook dome using instructions from linda woodrow s book and am having trouble joining the conduit for the top rung of the dome. Her chook dome chicken tractor system is brilliantat least for her mild climate. I chose circles for garden beds after reading linda woodrow s book, the permaculture home garden, about 18 months ago. In her book linda talks about the use of movable chook domes. Sustainable gardeners lets save the future generations. She provides a design for a complete system that involves fruit trees, wild animal habitat, annual vegetable beds, and chook fodder plantings, with chickens being rotated around in a homemade chook dome.
One of the reasons i wanted to start this blog was to keep a visual diary of my vegetable gardening. Discussion in general chat started by zae, mar 10, 2010. I posted about my chicken tractor mandala garden on my blog here i first found out about this way of mandala gardening from linda woodrows the permaculture home garden she provides a design for a complete system that involves fruit trees, wild animal habitat, annual vegetable beds, and chook fodder plantings, with chickens being rotated around in a homemade chook dome. If all else fails, check out linda woodrow s permaculture book and make yourself a chook dome 4m diameter that you can pin to the ground and keep them contained in with the added advantage of once they have grown out of their runnerdom, you can use the dome for some. Ours is a little smaller than 3 meters as we only have 3 chooks and a smallish yard. Gnocchi with zucchini and pesto but its not all been about the kitchen. Its been a diy january, from gnocchi to a chook dome. Hi linda, ive got a copy of your book and have read it several times. I revisited linda woodrow s the home permaculture garden, and decided to just see if we could fit a halfsize chook dome into this space.
Linda woodrow, in her very fine book the permaculture home garden, outlines a chicken tractor system based on a thing she called a chook. Inspired by linda woodrows permaculture design, they are developing a mandala garden comprised of six circles, with a. Chook dome will have to be 2m diameter not 4m like in lws book. Tasting fruit and vegetables the organic way by linda woodrow 199603 05. Oh, and also, check out linda woodrows permaculture home garden. A mandala garden is a raised garden bed using keyhole pattern. If i want my dome sites to work well i need to to start planting greens for my chickensbut what greens grow in nz. The chook domes described in linda woodrows the home permaculture garden book are great, however they do not seem to do very well in windy weather. The chickens had their initial rotation several months ago, before the beds were planted out.
Down the garden path is now up the garden path and youll find us over at wordpress. Oct 26, 2015 incorporating this t junction negates the use of crisscross wires to pull the dome into shape as per linda woodrows design. How to grow great tasting fruit and vegetables the organic way by linda woodrow 19960305. When it was finished, though, it was more than a little bit wonky. Posted in frugal living, tagged chicken dome, chicken tractor, chook dome, linda woodrow, permaculture home garden on january 14, 2011 26 comments. Circular chicken tractor mandala gardens another way for. May 25, 2012 posted in frugal living, tagged chicken dome, chicken tractor, chook dome, linda woodrow, permaculture home garden on january 14, 2011 26 comments it was time to move the chook dome. Jo simply will blog archive starting a permaculture garden. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. So here is how to build a chook dome chicken tractor.
So this is a conversation about how to tend in that general direction, while still keeping a household, a job, a family and everything else happening. Mathew orourke, known simply as matt to his many friends and acquaintances, some of whom even knew his surname, had two loves that dominated his life. Mulch is then added and the chickens spread it, eating out weed seeds and insects and making way for a new vegetable garden ready to be planted out. Chook dome building instructions by dana martin of dmk permaculture, queensland, australia. Jan 19, 2010 one of the reasons i wanted to start this blog was to keep a visual diary of my vegetable gardening. In ti is a small backyard dome design for a couple of silkies which will keep you in eggs no worries. Like me, chris had imitated lindas chook domemandala layout, but hed customised it. Below is the space where our vegetable garden resides. Linda woodrows permaculture home garden book lifestyleblock discussion forums lsb. I first found out about this way of mandala gardening from linda woodrows the permaculture home garden. Everything i know about keeping chook domes intact.
That book was published by harpercollinspublishers nz limited in 2005. Today, seven years later, i still use the same original dome. It takes between two days and a week i reckon to knock up a good chook dome, depending on how handy you are and how meticulous you like to be. Grand poultry design organic gardener magazine australia. And yes, shes australian, so the references to northsouth and the monthsseasons are backwards for those of us in the northern hemisphere. We first built a chicken dome after reading linda woodrows book permaculture home garden. The time allocated in the book to build a chook tractor and move it, is not accurate. Our garden system closely follows linda woodrow s mandala circles system, as per her book, the permaculture home garden. Chook dome maintenance after its five years of service, it was time to have a really good look at the chook dome. Milkwood permaculture offers an update on the linda woodrow chook dome with plans by robert freeman. Using linda woodrows book the permaculture home garden as a reference, i was keen to start what i hope will eventually become a permaculture garden. Linda, this was a really interesting read, thank you.
Linda woodrow, in her very fine book the permaculture home garden, outlines a chicken tractor system based on a thing she called a chook dome, which is basically a hemispherical chicken tractor. We were truly inspired by the concepts of the book and despite living on only an 800 sqm block we wanted to give it a go. This book was one of the first books i read on permaculture gardening, before i. It is no longer the same planet that our grandparents or even our parents inhabited.
The day after we moved into our home, there was a fierce storm which literally blew apart a hay shed 5 minutes from here. Chook domes in nz lifestyleblock discussion forums lsb. A new book from photographer philippe glade showcases 16 years of the best and most interesting dwellings at the popular countercultural art festival. How to grow great tasting fruit and vegetables the organic way by linda woodrow 19960305 at. I followed linda woodrows mandala methods, but the chickens were unable to scratch deep enough to keep the couchtype grasses at bay, as they send runners quite deep under the soil. Also, the chook clock can be scaled down or adapted to your needs. Oct 07, 2015 the chook dome is rotated within the mandala design. The chickens pictured are a light sussex and an isa brown. We first built a chicken dome after reading linda woodrow s book permaculture home garden. Search for linda woodrows the permaculture home garden doc, thank you.
Our garden beds are circles thereby maximising the permaculture edge principle, so the dome is built to fit neatly over the beds. Its easily transportable and perfectly safe from foxes, cats, dogs and snakes. The permaculture home garden by linda woodrow tropical. The uvstabilised plastic twine i had used for bracing following the original instructions in linda woodrow s book had not worked well, as the chooks often tripped on it, and now it was starting to shred. Ive figured out a few modifications that make them survive even strong gale warnings which keeps the chooks much happier. The main area where i grow vegies is right near our back door and is comprised of 6 circular beds, 2m in diameter. Of course, that meant i could no longer move my chook domes over the beds. A second dome was necessary to expand our garden from two mandalas to four, with two domes rotating as planned. It was one of five projects we were commissioned to do for a book called diy for kids book two. The design is a slight adaptation from linda woodrow s to fit our smaller garden. Following is a full detailed set of step by step instructions. Our garden system closely follows linda woodrows mandala circles system, as per her book, the permaculture home garden. Pictures of a build it yourself pvc dome greenhousepool.
The mandala as a garden layout see my earlier post mandala chook clock garden has been popularised amongst permaculture enthusiasts by linda woodrow s book the permaculture home garden where a series of circular beds placed within a larger circle form the design. If you have read the book many times you will no doubt be aware that things like having compost piles near to where the bulk of ingredients and the end use is a bonus every day. Aug 03, 2012 the mandala as a garden layout see my earlier post mandala chook clock garden has been popularised amongst permaculture enthusiasts by linda woodrow s book the permaculture home garden where a series of circular beds placed within a larger circle form the design. I use a chook dome, based on the plan from linda woodrow s excellent book, the permaculture home garden. Getting started with growing your own linda woodrow eight acres. I followed linda woodrow s chook dome instructions our dome will eventually house chooks and thought i was doing a pretty good job of it too, measuring and drilling and reading the instructions word for word. Chook domes are great because two people can move them easily, the structure is reasonably strong. The design is based on linda woodrows dome in the permaculture home garden. For more information, check our lindas blog the witches kitchen and book. Jan 09, 2009 i use a chook dome, based on the plan from linda woodrow s excellent book, the permaculture home garden.
I am interested in her chook dome concept as would eventually like to design our vege garden so chooks can do the. At the time, we were growing legume crops to improve the soil. Her chook dome chicken tractor system is brilliantat least for her mild. Jul 25, 2017 basket weave structure i cannot write the name of this camp without being banned in at least 23 states, too bad because it gets the golden rebar for pvc dome. Those terms are all controversial, and i am not a purist. First i wore out the librarys copy and then once i was kindly gifted a copy of my very own, i read part of it every day for weeks until i moved slowly into fixes weekly and then monthly.