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Frankly amazed by how much my household garbage has reduced since I started composting. I feel a little guilty that I didn’t start this years ago—big impact for relatively little effort.

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@Minholkin Same here. Now I want less pay for my trash pickup.. wishful thinking..

@MrsE0113

I had that thought, too—I’m so glad I have a small family trash pickup in lieu of the big business that kept pushing the price up years ago.

@Minholkin @MrsE0113

Composting will do that, as will chickens. Our chickens get all kitchen waste. When I told that to my Mom years ago, she asked with some alarm, “then what will you do for compost in your garden?!” I replied that I compost the chicken litter and use that, so I basically run the kitchen scraps through the chickens first, before composting. 😆😂🤣

@Myrth @MrsE0113

I admit to being intrigued by the prospect of chickens 😄 Maybe once I get these kids launched!

@Minholkin I have had chickens for many, many years, including when the family was young. Raising livestock (and a garden) is a good way for children to learn where food comes from. Also helps them learn responsibility.

I am so glad that many urban areas are allowing chickens now. Eggs go in and out of medical fashion, but they are a good source of vitamins and protein.

So, yes, get chickens! 👍🐔

@Myrth @Minholkin
Chickens can be a gateway drug...I mean farm animal.

@Kurtroedeger yes they can! My gateway drug was horses. If you want a horse and don’t have a lot of money to pay to board it somewhere, you move to a rural area and buy a cheap bit of land with an old house and a barn for the horse. And then, with that land, and all that abundant grass, you start raising... lots of different critters! 😆

I have, over the years...
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Plus🐱🐶🐦

Needless to say, I don’t travel too often...

But we have a sort of vacation spot for family visits. 🙃

@Myrth I have chickens ducks and sheep right now. Need to set up better if I want the pigs I've been debating for a while. Live next to a farm so have cows there to visit if I want.

@Kurtroedeger My dad raised two pigs a year, as that was all we needed. I had to help feed them, and I got attached, which made late fall and early winter a difficult time for me. @Myrth

@Lindy @Myrth
Yeah, the 3 sheep right now go in early fall. I'm a little worried the kiddo is getting attached, but I talk to him about it regularly.

@Kurtroedeger You don't slaughter them, do you? Dad always slaughtered ours. He took the carcass to a local processor. @Myrth

@Lindy
Chickens and ducks I handle myself, but the sheep will be handled all by the butcher, I just have to deliver

@Myrth