https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/79a32705-66ac-43c7-b89a-f42a8bf1c346 http://www.edibleacres.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eBhVeICLew - Intro video to this topic. We have a basic sketch complete that is a functional space to have our chickens have access to covered active compost for the whole winter. The 'commute' to this pile is now about 8' from their coop, and it has many stacked functions: windbreak to help the coop be more comfortable in heavy winter winds..., easy dumping location for us bringing in compost, functional space to create hot compost through the winter for our gardens, trellis for summer crops AND shade for compost and coop area during heat, 4 cattle panels (tractor supply sourced) - $88 18'x25' sheet of UV stabilized 6mil greenhouse poly - $40(ish) (I bought a much longer roll of 18'x100' so I could re-skin other tunnels in the future, so this is a 'slice' of that) Screws - $10 Wood 'battons', stakes, and boards - All second hand locust roughly $10 $150 total cost. Perhaps too much for folks? But I feel we can reuse this quite a bit and we'll easily get $150 worth of compost from the system year one so the return should be sound... https://www.paypal.me/edibleacres - A simple and direct way to ‘tip’ to help support the time and energy we put into making our videos. Thanks so much! Edible Acres is a full service permaculture nursery located in the Finger Lakes area of NY state. We grow all layers of perennial food forest systems and provide super hardy, edible, useful, medicinal, easy to propagate, perennial plants for sale locally or for shipping around the country… http://www.edibleacres.org/purchase - Your order supports the research and learning we share here on youtube. We also offer consultation and support in our region or remotely. http://www.edibleacres.org/services Happy growing! Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:41:00 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/79a32705-66ac-43c7-b89a-f42a8bf1c346 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.