Just wondering how many other urban homesteaders are out there in the northern part of the state. I've been looking and looking, trying to find others to maybe form a loose sort of cooperative or collective. We're not "preppers" by any means, but we have a little quarter acre plot just outside the Ft Collins city limits, and are trying real hard to reduce the amount of money we spend by making, growing or otherwise producing as much as we can for ourselves. I would love to get to the point where I only have to buy such "necessities" as coffee and sugar...stuff we simply cannot produce ourselves. There are restrictions, of course, but I think that by having a like-minded group who have differing circumstances, we could all benefit.
For instance, I'm only allowed to have 6 chickens, no roosters. I would LOVE to get in and raise some meat birds once or twice a year. If I could find someone who has the space and is in a place where it's allowed, we could perhaps work out something where we could raise a batch and share them...a win/win situation. I can't have a goat or anything, but maybe someone could and would be willing to house it in return for some milk. I have decent gardening, canning, dehydrating skills that I'd be more than happy to share...maybe someone knows how to spin and would be willing to teach me. Maybe someone has an apple press and a bunch of us could get together for a pressing day and "pay" the owner with a share of the juice we get. Maybe someone has enough space to grow some grain and we could trade eggs or some such for some of that. Maybe several of us could get together with someone with the land and buy a calf to raise and butcher in the fall and share out the meat.
Does anyone know of any sort of group like that for this area? If not, would anyone be interested in starting/joining one? I'd be more than willing to make a FB page and do some organizing if there would be enough interest.
