Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[RoyalChick]

I think the greatest benefit of studying history is to realize you wouldn't want to live there, and the concomitant encouragement to appreciate the improvements in the present.

Well said.

 

[Perris]

I take the trolley to my car and load stuff

that's such a good idea. I need to copy that when I'm at the supermarket.

the rich assortment of cardboard boxes that live in the back of the car (and possibly breed there too).

I know that feeling too - they reproduce by the back door here.

 

[Perris]

I visited this place a couple of weeks ago looking for starter plants.
https://propagationplace.co.uk/buy-vegetable-plants-online/

they have some very interesting stuff. Did you get yours there?

 

[notabitail]

Doesn't anyone have shoppping bags any more? Apart from my rucksack I have a couple of canvas bags I take shopping.

My Mom has plenty. Made it easy in CA

 

[fuzzi]

All the bad stuff they put in the water.

Plus water is contaminated not only with chemicals, but pharmaceuticals. When people take drugs, whether antibiotics or birth control it's expressed in their urine. Water treatment doesn't remove chemicals very well.

 

[fuzzi]

I have a full size Speckled Sussex named Abigail, the one in my profile photo. I love those things. She hates me picking her up but is fine with being on my lap after being paid with a mealworm.

Abigail is one of the names I've chosen for the Dominiques!

 

[fuzzi]

NY has banned plastic bags as well. You can pay 5 cents for a paper one, or bring your own reusable. I keep a bag of 10 folded inside in my trunk. I like them better anyway…they don’t break with heavy items!

As far as self-sufficiency, I don’t live in the country. We were fortunate to buy a house at the edge of town, and the empty lot next to it. If I lived in the country I would have many more animals! I can’t even have a rooster here, but thankful I can have hens. For people with limited space, front yard gardens, square foot gardening, and patio gardens are good options. Any self-sufficiency is better than none. My in-laws have a tiny yard outside NYC, and two small raised beds. They plant spinach & greens in one, and tomatoes & cucumbers in the other, and are happy they don’t have to buy salad items during the summer. Sharing with neighbors is a great idea also. My husband and I work full time, and do the best we can with thr free time that is left.

I had good results this year growing carrots, turnips, peas, and bush beans. In a pinch we could live off of those, as long as they lasted.

 

[notabitail]

Abigail is one of the names I've chosen for the Dominiques!

I have Dominica and In Albis, the Dominiques.

 

[notabitail]

Plus water is contaminated not only with chemicals, but pharmaceuticals. When people take drugs, whether antibiotics or birth control it's expressed in their urine. Water treatment doesn't remove chemicals very well.

They have fluoride, the stuff they put in toothpaste, in the water here.
Oh, and they want to recycle sewer water her. Yuck.

 

[fuzzi]

They have fluoride, the stuff they put in toothpaste, in the water here.
Oh, and they want to recycle sewer water her. Yuck.

That, too. Turns out fluoride they put in the water isn't good for you.