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Good Bad & The Monkey
Neither is the deer you are hunting...And do you have meat dishes in your house? ...I had a random peds question: is there any problem with raising veg kids?
Want to live in the woods with me and hunt rabbits? Purely as pets of course!
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
10 acres? How big is the garden? Could you graze a few head of cattle and some broiler chickens and egg layers?
To paraphrase an old poster: Today is the first day of the rest of your training. It doesn’t matter where you started or how far you’ve come. Today is the day. Your training didn’t start 6 weeks ago. Your training started the last time you hit the road. John “the Penguin” Bingham Life is not tried, it is merely survived if you're standing outside the fire
Oh no, read what I said. In essence, I am almost advocating hunting for all your meat. Go out and kill a wild boar living the way God intended, rooting in the mud and eating acorns. Cook it over a fire that is burning the wood you chopped down yourself. Live like a caveman. A caveman with a gun. That is a far more sustainable way to live than that corn-fed (boy, almost sounds healthy, eh) meat-crap they serve at McDonalds.
Amish is just one form of farming, often (but not always) biodynamic. But you can do something. You can buy local biodynamic veggies, grass-fed meats, pastured eggs, etc.
How about some wild boar? I hear that's good eatin' right there.
Right. No. No.
Boar scare me! And I'm a tough, gun toting farm girl from way back!!
I am laughing!! I live in a heavily Amish populated area. My husband is formerly Amish. All of my in-laws are Amish. My Amish in-laws get their beef from me. My SIL's shop at Sam's Club with me on a regular basis, and yes, they frequently purchase veggies & meat there. My diet is healthier than everyone in that family.
The garden is about 65x250 if I planted all at once. Have clay soil so I am adding compost to break it up. Would love to have chickens and a few head of cattle, but my wife would name them and then when it came time to butcher them........................... We have Whitetailed deer here. Not really sure about the numbers but I'd say there are a dozen that use the property at one time or another. My wife has seen turkys while I have just heard them in hte woods out back and accross the north field. And of course we have rabbits and coons etc. Those coons................................... smart bastards!! Stripped 24, 65 foot rows of sweet corn 2 days before it was ready to be picked ALL IN ONE NIGHT!!! We got 4 ears out of it!! Put up and electric fence to protect the rest if it. I planted several groups 10 days apart to keep the corn coming in fresh for as long as possible. I'd as soon shoot the coons. They are too smart and very mean!! Skunks are ok once they get to know you. And they can be very friendly as long as you pay attention and don't corner them.
Didn't you post about Amish here before? We have Amish in our area here in Indiana, but most are further to the north. Had an Amish crew build our barn. Did a really great job. On time and on the bid!!! Can't get betterthan that!!
rectumdamnnearkilledem
Every year from Nov 15-30, I sit in the woods at the edge of said fields...
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
Don't blame you!!! A boar will kill you. Hell even domestic boar will.
No you don't. You shoot them from your windows while in nothing but your undies while talking to me on the phone. Weirdo. k
Wow, cool. I am sorry I did not respond faster. Sadly I was out running Cows in the field eating grass? Wow, how novel That is awesome, I bet the meat tastes good. Do the cows rotate fields, followed by chickens in the pasture? That makes for good broilers and eggs too I hear! The chickens spread out the manure, eat the grubs and add a lot of nitrogen to the soil. Moving the cattle allows the grass to recover in time for the next round. Good stuff! What do you grow in your garden?