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I've been buying my greenhouse cover plastic from Northern Greenhouse for about 15 years. Their catalog (http://www.northerngreenhouse.com/ordering/files/Catalog.pdf) has great practical designs and lots of information for the home builder.

The plastic itself is fabulous. They guarantee for 3 years, but my original order is still useable after 12-14 years of continuous outside use. This in spite of a snow cavein and holes punched through by steel pipes. It is much better than the commercial tarps I have used to cover hay and equipment, which usually lasts 3 or 4 seasons at best.

If you order their free paper catalog, it comes with actual samples of all their products. Can't beat em.

You'll reach a lot more people, faster, if you set up a Pinterest account, sort your posts to separate Boards. Then you'll have the "Follow All" button, which lets folks convieneintly save all boards to visit at another time.

Hi, If that flat backed mountain in your southern view is the one I think it is, we're in the same neighborhood. Not far from Diamond Lake??
I started out in Camden about 30 years ago in a 16'X24' tool shed, on a piece of land with the same basic orientation as yours. Back then, when I mentioned Permaculture, people thought I was talking about hair salons, and the only book I had ever seen was from Austrailia.

P.O. County is much friendlier to owner-builders than Spokane, but less so than it was when I started out. Back then they had a policy of "If you can draw it, we'll probably let you build it." It's still a very good area though, with lots of like minded folks.

If you are in the area and interested, I'll invite you to our local garden club in Camden. You'll find a bunch of good people and some of the county's Master Gardeners, with lots of local information.

Good building to you, Tim

I've used caragana for over 25 years and am still amazed at how well they go with chickens. They provide shade, shelter from overhead predators, need nearly zero care or water and provide three sources of food, flowers, seed and the falling leaves in autumn.  Rocks piled around the trunks prevent the chickens digging up the roots.
My second recommendation would be comfrey. Planted in cages in the pen, or in a row around the outside, the chickens can self feed. Keep the center of the plants at least 8 inches farther from the fence than the chickens can  stretch their neck through the wire.