Free-Range Chicken Gardens
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- Program and school year
- FTC-PEP · 2026-27
- Rule pack
- step-up-ftc-pep-2026-27 · v1.0.1
- Evidence level
- Official category rule
- Source freshness
- Review due · Low
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PEP-2026-27-AUTHORIZED-CURRICULUM-CONDITIONS
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Product description
<em>Free-Range Chicken Gardens</em> is the hands-on guide that helps homeschooling families turn a backyard into a living classroom. Using step-by-step instructions, design templates, coop ideas, plant lists, predator strategies, and more, this book empowers your kids to learn life skills through caring for chickens and growing food together.<br><br>Physical book<br><br>In this richly illustrated, 224-page handbook, Jessi Bloom (award-winning eco-landscape designer) guides you and your family through the entire process of creating a chicken-friendly garden that’s both beautiful and productive.<br><br><strong>Here’s what you’ll discover inside:</strong><br><ul><li><strong>Chickens & Gardens — Working Together:</strong> Integrate a flock into your garden ecosystem, balancing plant protection, forage zones, and seasonal needs.</li> <li><strong>Practical Chicken Considerations:</strong> Choose the right breeds, train new birds, and protect your plants from overenthusiastic scratching.</li> <li><strong>Designing a Chicken-Friendly Garden:</strong> Includes landscape planning, fencing, garden layouts, and “extra elements” that enrich both plants and poultry.</li> <li><strong>Landscape Materials & Hardscape/Softscape:</strong> Learn which materials work best for paths, fencing, and ground covers to suit chickens’ behavior.</li> <li><strong>Plants with Purpose:</strong> Lists of edible, medicinal, and fragrant plants that chickens won’t destroy — plus options for forage, shelter, and beauty.</li> <li><strong>Innovative Chicken Housing:</strong> From stationary coops to mobile tractors, domes, and modular designs, with tips for layout and design.</li> <li><strong>Friends & Foes:</strong> Identify and manage predators, pests, diseases, and common health issues.</li> <li><strong>Conversions & Hardiness Zones + Resources:</strong> Adapt plans to your climate with extra reading, contacts, and resources.</li> </ul>
Source evidence
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- Catalog
- FESUA_DailySkillBuilding
- Source type
- Search
- Link status
- Stepup product link
- Enrichment confidence
- Unknown
Official policy source
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- Publisher
- Step Up For Students
- Applies to
- FTC-PEP · 2026-27
- Effective dates
- Jul 1, 2026 — Jun 30, 2027
- Source last modified
- Jul 14, 2026
- Reviewed by Navigator
- Jul 23, 2026
- Review due
- Aug 14, 2026
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