We have committed to raising some of our own food. Last fall, we built several garden boxes in preparation for this spring. Over the last several days, we have been busy filling those garden boxes with lots of organic compost (thanks horses!), peat moss and topsoil. Neither of us are new to gardening , having both grown up with gardening, but it had been a while for both of us. We spent the winter researching and educating ourselves on how we wanted to do our garden. We now have a plan and I can hardly wait until I can start planting some veggies.
And , since we are doing the vegetable garden, we thought we may as well add a few chickens to the landscape. Following the Primal lifestyle, we consume alot of eggs.... and chicken. So, over the last few weeks we have collected a few Heirloom varieties of pullets, along with a few meat birds that will be , well, you know... We are also going to be acquiring two Welsummer hens and a rooster from a friend who is brooding them, but that will be later this summer. In the meantime, we have 2 Black Australorp, 2 Buff Orpington , 2 Americaunas, 1 Lakenvelder and for now, 6 Cornish cross with a larger order due in the coming weeks.
A few years ago, I didn't want to be bothered with the additional work it will require , especially the start up, to add and maintain a garden and build the chicken coop(70% done at this point), and then keep them healthy.
A few years ago, I didn't feel as good as I do today either. Eating and living a Primal lifestyle has changed my outlook on things.
Sustainable? Absolutely. Raising a little of our own food just makes sense.
1 comment:
Ooh look at those beautiful beds! Jealous (especially since I'm moving. :-/ )
I hope you like eggs. I mean, really like eggs. You definitely have the right number of chickens - you'll probably lose some to their own stupidity and your native carnivores - but you're still gonna get a ton of eggs. Ahhh well, there's always Craigslist if you have too many. :)
Totally agree about feeling awesome!
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