Have you been toying with the idea of building a backyard chicken coop or starting your own little farm? If you want some creative inspiration, then you’ll definitely want to check out Seattle Tilth’s Chicken Coop & Urban Farm Tour on Saturday, July 13, from 10:00am to 4:00pm:
In this self-guided tour, you will see simple chicken coops built in an afternoon and elaborate finely-crafted coops that took weeks of planning and building. See what accommodations are needed for keeping miniature goats, ducks, mason bees, honey bees and bunnies. Take a look at how people live together with these animals in an urban environment. Enjoy a unique and inspiring urban adventure!
This year we’ll be convening a panel to select the best 25 urban farms. Panelists include Seattle Tilth educators, Jessi Bloom from NW Bloom, Rachel Duthler from Danny Woo Community Garden, Jake Harris from Stone Soup Gardens, and Kevin Scott-Vanderberg from Portage Bay Grange. Prizes will be awarded and tourists will be able to choose the “People’s Choice” award.
Did you know that Seattle is a national hot spot for chicken coops and urban farms? See for yourself! Or, if you are a gardener or urban farmer, learn some tricks from others by going on the Chicken Coop & Urban Farm Tour this year.
**TICKETS & MAPS**
Individuals = $12
Youth (ages 4-15) = $5
Groups/Family (3-6 people) = $35
Seattle Tilth members or bicyclists = $10
Groups/Family, Seattle Tilth members or group of bicyclists = $30
Ages 3 and under = FreeBuy your tickets online today!
http://seattletilth.nonprofitsoapb ox.com/upcoming-events/ event/103 Take a look at photos from last year’s tour and some of our 2013 hosts:https://www.facebook.com/
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Urban farms are all well and good, but is anyone else being woken (and kept awake) by a rooster crowing on the Stone Way end of the neighborhood? Haven’t checked with the neighbors yet, but for about a week we’ve been waking at 5am or earlier. Maybe somebody got a wrongly-sexed chick? What can we do?