Wow, a garden with chickens in the school yard! If we had that here, I might start getting second thoughts about home schooling!
Container gardening has its benefits and merits, I do find that constrains inspire creativity! Even though we now have a garden, for more than 5 years we've grown lettuce, radishes, carrots, basil and lots of other herbs on our office window sills :)
Thank you for your comment, I especially love that you've included a photo! Is t hat a tomato plant up front?
RE: Why are we growing chickpeas