Every year I grow more food than the previous year. Someday I’m hoping to grow most of my non-meat items and then fork over the money for local organic meat and freeze it.
I’m no good with crops, but our salad/salsa garden is successful.
If you’re allowed them, laying hens are stupid easy to keep. I don’t do roasters because we have a 5 bird limit in our suburb and honestly harvesting chickens is messy and time consuming.
E: oh, and free range eggs will absolutely ruin you for regular eggs. It’s like the difference in one of your tomatoes and the ones from the grocery.
I’ve had multiple unsuccessful attempts at a garden but two successful attempts with livestock: Pigs and chickens. It’s helpful that they make noise when there’s something wrong.
+1 for free range eggs. Plus there’s no bugs in your yard. Where I live now I can’t keep chickens but I’m allowed to have ducks, so I think I’ll do that in the spring.
Every year I grow more food than the previous year. Someday I’m hoping to grow most of my non-meat items and then fork over the money for local organic meat and freeze it.
I’m no good with crops, but our salad/salsa garden is successful.
If you’re allowed them, laying hens are stupid easy to keep. I don’t do roasters because we have a 5 bird limit in our suburb and honestly harvesting chickens is messy and time consuming.
E: oh, and free range eggs will absolutely ruin you for regular eggs. It’s like the difference in one of your tomatoes and the ones from the grocery.
I’ve had multiple unsuccessful attempts at a garden but two successful attempts with livestock: Pigs and chickens. It’s helpful that they make noise when there’s something wrong.
+1 for free range eggs. Plus there’s no bugs in your yard. Where I live now I can’t keep chickens but I’m allowed to have ducks, so I think I’ll do that in the spring.
We ended up with some Easter ducks and now everyone prefers duck eggs. They are more consistent winter layers too.
Many people do not know this but it is true.