Irises: Iris wrap-up, 1 by MissIrisbert

MissIrisbert wrote:
My chickens LOVE grasshoppers -- one of the reasons I got the stupid birds is because I couldn't mow without clouds of bugs around my head. Someone told me to get chickens, so I did. Now, the only GH I have are the tiny leadhoppers. I only have 2 dozen chickens, but they have cleaned my 3 acres very nicely. Now, on the downside, my new iris beds had to be fenced off, as the birds scratched the newly planted rhizomes out, which is a bother, but I am happy with the bug control and they are just now starting to lay eggs! I will have to fence them off completely come Spring, since they also like to eat the blossoms off the iris and daylilies, but I think they are worth it!

Sue