well I went to the grocery store today and as we were walking through the produce/deli section (sampling everything they had to offer...I spotted an employee in produce emptying the bag that people with shuck corn over and throw the husks and such away. well I went over to him and asked him (as I had my chickens in the back of my mind, looking at the bag full of husks) what did they do with that? he replied, "well we normally just toss it out in the trash". I said, "my chickens would LOVE that, is there anyway I would take it off your hands?" he said "sure!! no problem!" so Hubs gets a cart and takes the large trash bag full of produce waste to the car. we get home and he goes through it. lots of husks of course, but also quite a few ears in there as well, guess some people dropped them on accident. then he found a few potatoes that were nearly past their prime, so those went to the compost along with some onions as well. then he came across some small hot peppers, looked like Habeneros to me. they had some bad spots on them so I opened them up and took the seeds out to dry them and I can grow my own from them. they were a pretty light fleshy orange color, hope I can make it happen. this was very interesting and I am going to start talking to the produce manager to see when they start to throw things out, because i have seen them throw stuff out that was dented or what not...and would have been perfectly fine for the girls. can't hurt to find out if I can get free chicken food/treats!! just thought I would share my find with others. there's no sense in letting perfectly good stuff like that go to waste in a dupster, when the girls can go crazy for it!!
