Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

[hennible]

Well said again guys
It's amazing how much you can grow in a small space I grew 400 pounds of tomatoes in about 250 ft.² that's a bumper crop!
Between permaculture and polyculture type growing styles a very small piece of land can feed a lot of people. But every little bit counts and everything homegrown always taste better wether you can have chickens or a milk cow or just grow couple planters of tomatoes on your apartment balcony you're making a big difference. If you don't have a green thumb and you cant have your own animals, going to the farmers market once in a while for a few things makes a difference to, it all adds up... Don't have a farmers market well try to buy produce that actually comes from your own country that's another great way to make an impact...

 

[roseyred]

@roseyred you sound like me lol. I meant that is hard to feed the family on non gmo organic because it's so expensive. We have a hookup for organic feed I ran into a lady on here who's neighbor runs his own small organic mill and grows his own. We get 50 lb bags for $15-$21 a bag depending on whether it's layer, grower, or starter. The only bad thing is that he doesn't do soy free but that's ok. We drive the 2 1/2 hours 2-3 times a year and pick it up in bulk. As for the bread, we found the world's easiest bead recipe and it's SO good
3 cups flour (2 1/2 if using whole wheat)
1 1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp dry yeast
1 5/8 cups water

Mix everything together in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let sit on the counter for 12-18 hours. After that turn dough out onto well floured surface and sprinkle lightly with flour. Fold it over on itself once or twice then cover with plastic wrap and let rest on counter for 15 minutes. Quickly shape dough into a ball and using just enough flour not to stick place on a towel and cover with another towel. Let sit for 2 hours. 30 minutes before time is up, preheat oven to 450° and place dutch oven inside to warm (I use the ceramic part of a crock pot). At the end of the 30 minutes, remove dutch oven and carefully tip bread dough into it. Cover and bake at 450° for 25-30 minutes then turn oven down to 350° and remove lid. Bake for an additional 10-15 minutes. Remove from oven and dump loaf out and allow to cool on towel or racks. You have to tweak the cook times based on your own oven.

awesome! I will try that. My bread always comes out looking not pretty lol. Where is the grain provider located? I'm in maryland

 

[GimmeCake]

While some genetically modified food and pesticides are bad, ironically, you'd assume most fruits and vegetables that are 100% natural would be worse for you considering they don't want to be eaten and would've evolved to be a bit more.. unedible.

 

[roseyred]

While some genetically modified food and pesticides are bad, ironically, you'd assume most fruits and vegetables that are 100% natural would be worse for you considering they don't want to be eaten and would've evolved to be a bit more.. unedible.

if I understand what your saying your saying plants don't want to be eaten so they would evolve with some kind of protection we could not consume? Well there are lots of things already that must be eaten in moderation or not at all. Like I said I believe we are provided everything we need to provide nutrients and medicinal purposes for us and animals. Yes plants have feelings and don't want to be eaten as much as people don't wanna be shot or get cancer....and we have ways of defending against those things but we are not imortal. Everything has a life cycle. Everything is born and later dies. The only imortal creature is some jelly fishes.

 

[roseyred]

To live we must selfishly sacrafice others to be nourished. That's the way it is and always has been. There are people who are known to live off the sun and water only. They are great people. We have a perception to consume and therefor we do selfishly. Taking a life wether it plant or animal to continue ours.

circle of life lmao

 

[roseyred]

Well said again guys
It's amazing how much you can grow in a small space I grew 400 pounds of tomatoes in about 250 ft.² that's a bumper crop!
Between permaculture and polyculture type growing styles a very small piece of land can feed a lot of people. But every little bit counts and everything homegrown always taste better wether you can have chickens or a milk cow or just grow couple planters of tomatoes on your apartment balcony you're making a big difference. If you don't have a green thumb and you cant have your own animals, going to the farmers market once in a while for a few things makes a difference to, it all adds up... Don't have a farmers market well try to buy produce that actually comes from your own country that's another great way to make an impact...

exactly! If we just had communities that all provided for eachother. Like I'll own all the bison an we'll have meat you grow all the corn you gorw all the fruits someone will have cow for milk.

 

[hennible]

While some genetically modified food and pesticides are bad, ironically, you'd assume most fruits and vegetables that are 100% natural would be worse for you considering they don't want to be eaten and would've evolved to be a bit more.. unedible.

Some plants evolved to be edible intentionally so their fruits consumption spreads their seeds....

 

[roseyred]

Some plants evolved to be edible intentionally so their fruits consumption spreads their seeds....

lol good point I didn't even think of that

 

[OneMountainAcres]

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awesome! I will try that. My bread always comes out looking not pretty lol. Where is the grain provider located? I'm in maryland

he is in Newport, PA. I don't actually have his info as his place is hard to find. Borderbrigade is the lady that I ran into. I tell her what I need and she picks it up for me when she goes down to pick up her own then I pick it up at her place. He also makes organic Apple cidar vinegar too which we buy by the 5 gallon bucket full

 

[7 Biddies]

What scares me the most is that the same people who are modifying as adding crazy stuf to our food are the people who caused agent orange and other messed up stuff. I he a hard time making my own bread! It's never right /: can ya give me pointers? Also our chikens too eat non gmo organic feed and I only give them scraps of organic food. I even splurged and got my goat organic food since they like to eat the corn and barley out of it when he's eatig haha. As for saving money try reedy farms. I order from them and it's shipped to me. I get goat grain and chicken feed from them and it's like $100 total including shipping. There 50lb bags are like less than $30 a bag! And if you can get your local feed store to carry it it'll probly even cheaper

You've got to knead it enough; 20 minutes or so, until it feels as soft as a baby's bottom. It's hard to over knead it - you'll probably tire out, first.