Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[tara]

I'm wanting to put some trellis up for some privacy but don't want to poison the chickens want a climber to cover it who better to ask then people with knowledge already

[gavclojak]

I have the not very exciting ivy in my enclosure and they don't go near it x

[jimnpaula]

Hi Tara! long time no see.

 

Nasturtiums are edible and have a peppery/watercress flavour-sensation. They are annuals so would need to be replaced each year, unless they self seed; I don't know as I've never successfully grown them.

[tara]

Ah yes I will def look into them ,,,should be fun at the garden centre

[keyhole kate]

Passion flowers good and evergreen with stunning flowers and perennial mine didn't touch that but that might just be because they were too busy easing everything else

[Olly]

Whatever you plant, you'll have to protect it while it's young and tender or they'll probably scoff it. A clematis montana is a good climber, it'll take a year to get established though; any sort of clematis really, or a climbing rose? Passion flower would be my other recommendation, or you can get a climbing hydrangea which is pretty. Or good old Virginia Creeper, it depends if you want flowers or foliage. I'd put chicken-wire round the pot/base of the plant till it's established and after that they'll probably ignore it.