A Complete Guide to Growing More Food With Help From Your Hens
“Beautiful book! Love the author…definitive advice in keeping chickens and gardening. Excellent resource. Must have for your chicken-keeping library.”
—Michelle A.
“Love Lisa Steele, and this book does not disappoint! There are tons of great ideas for gardening if you have chickens that free roam the yard. And it’s beautiful as well!”
—Lily H.
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Finally … a guide that trains your flock to work with you …
That’s right … with Gardening with Chickens by Lisa Steele, you don’t merely tolerate chickens in the garden. You design the garden around them, turning their habits into your homestead’s greatest asset.
For every gardener who’s lost plants to scratching hens … for every chicken keeper frustrated with destroyed beds … this book gives you the systems, plans, and plant guides you need to bring harmony (and abundance) to both garden and coop.
Whether you’re new to chickens or a seasoned keeper, Lisa Steele brings a lifetime of insight to show you how to harness their energy, not fight it.
What You’ll Get Inside
Here’s just a small taste of the tools, plans, and strategies waiting for you in Gardening with Chickens:
- Themed Garden Layouts: design gardens with herbs for nesting, yolk-enhancing greens, insect-repelling zones, and more
- Plants Safe for Hens (and ones to avoid): detailed plant lists so your chickens enrich rather than destroy
- Seasonal Systems: what to plant, how to use your flock, and how to protect your garden across spring, summer, fall, and winter
- Chicken as Garden Workers: steps to train your flock to till, weed, aerate, control pests
- Composting + Fertility: how to use chicken manure (without burning plants or risking disease) and make “chicken poop tea”
- Edible Garden Integration: grow treats that feed both your hens and your family
- Creative Flank Moves: medicinal herbs, edible flowers, natural wormers, first-aid plant applications
Problem-Solving Tactics: how to prevent flock invasions, protect delicate seedlings, and keep balance
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What Other Gardeners & Chicken Keepers Are Saying
“The information in the book is totally practical and illustrated well for anyone wanting to grow a garden naturally with chickens. The book makes it hard to imagine a garden without chickens! My favorite part in the book…. WOW! Trying to pick my favorite chapter would be like picking my favorite ‘hen’.”
— Bren H.
“This book is exactly what I have been looking for! I was hoping to add some plants into my garden to feed my chickens but didn’t want to plant anything harmful to them. This book not only tells what chickens can and cannot eat, it also provides tips for how to implement them into the garden with placement tips. It also gives ideas of things to plant to boost the nutrition for people AND chickens, including natural health remedies, egg production increasing plants as well as plants to give chickens as a dewormer option. This book is packed full of great information and is a MUST if you are a chicken owner who gardens.”
— FIREWIFEJM
“I really enjoyed this book. Lisa has all kinds of good tips for raising chickens beyond just the usual and I love the connection she makes with gardening. She includes recipes on what to feed your chickens naturally and also how to make healthy treats. And what plants to help with the chickens too. I enjoyed her section on how to keep them cool in the heat of the summer-important info to have in Central Texas. Its a very useful book and it’s really well written. If you’re new to raising chickens or an old hand you’ll find something helpful in here.”
— Robert N.
“This book is so awesome. I live in an apartment and this book has my dream of having chickens becoming even more desired and real. The pictures are incredible. I love the set up of the information. The author has great knowledge and gives it to you in a way that is not overwhelming and actually comforting to me as a not yet started-beginner with chickens. I can’t wait to put this book into action.”
— Anonymnous
“Holy buckets of eggcelent information! I LOVE THIS BOOK! I’ve read it cover to cover and will probably read it again. I keep it handy for reference and am even considering highlighting in it! It’s truly a work of art. I love how someone else did all the research so I can do mine! Amazing! Thank you so much Lisa Steele!”
— Beka D.
“This book is excellent! I am not that great at gardening and need all the advice I can get. This book has really helped me plan my garden this year and in a way that benefits my chickens as well. What more could I want?”
— Plynneb
10 Things Gardening with Chickens Will Teach You
- Why chickens don’t have to be garden destroyers
- How to sculpt garden beds around your flock’s routines
- The best plants to feed your hens … and to feed your table
- Seasonal workflows to keep both plants and flocks happy
- Turning manure into high-power fertilizer safely
- Using chickens to till, aerate, and reduce weeds and pests
- How to protect delicate seedlings from enthusiastic scratching
- Creative strategies for nesting, shade, and coop-adjacent beds
- A bird-aware approach to garden maintenance
- How to turn your coop + yard into a self-sustaining ecosystem
Ready to Build a Garden That Loves Your Hens?
Order your copy now and get instant access to the digital version too, so you can start designing (and planting) today.
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About The Author
Lisa Steele is a fifth-generation chicken keeper, Maine Master Gardener, and the creator of Fresh Eggs Daily, one of Better Homes & Gardens’ Top Ten Gardening Blogs. Known for her practical, natural approach to backyard poultry, Lisa has spent nearly two decades teaching others how to raise healthier flocks and grow thriving gardens side by side.
A trusted voice in homesteading circles, Lisa has been featured on HGTV, the Hallmark Home and Family Show, NPR, and at Country Living fairs. She’s the author of several beloved books, including Fresh Eggs Daily and Duck Eggs Daily, and has contributed to Backyard Poultry, Hobby Farms, Farmers Almanac, and Martha.com.
Lisa lives on a small farm in Maine with her husband, their corgi, and a lively mix of chickens, ducks, and geese—where she gardens, knits, and brews endless cups of herbal tea.
The Complete Homestead + Flock Solution
You’re not just buying another chicken book or another gardening guide. You’re getting the conjunction: a blueprint for a working, beautiful, symbiotic garden system.
Stop fighting your flock. Start building a garden that invites them in—and thrives because of them.
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