The Real Cost of Cheap Food

[Reba 2]

That's awesome, Reba! Do you guys give some to neighbors and friends? I remember we had more than we knew what to do with.

We probably will end up giving baskets of stuff to friends because we plan to move sometime this year and it'll be a pain in the ####### to move a bunch of glass jars full of sticky jams half way across the country. We'll keep a few for ourselves of course, but so far we've got more than a dozen jars of cherry jam! What the heck am I supposed to do with that much cherry jam?

Our tomato plants are starting to bud. We've got I think 6 tomatoes starting so far Hopefully the critters won't get 'em!

[Sister Fracas 5]

In the summer we grow a lot of our own stuff in a massive garden at our house and another massive garden on our land about an hour from here. We make jellies, jams, and can items. We also freeze items as well. I would love to have some chickens so I can eat fresh eggs, but I'm not into the idea of actually having chickens

hehe My inlaws keep rescued chickens, chickens that been in nasty conditions. When they get them they are all scraggly looking with feathers missing and in a few months, after my MIL has spoiled them, they are healthy looking and provide the nicest eggs. Nothing like a really FRESH omelet in the morning. I would have thought their garden would get all icky with chicken poo, but amazingly it doesn't. And at night they put themselves to bed in these chicken runs called eggloos... LOL After interactions with the chickens, the dog and cat know who are at the top of the pecking order...as it were...in the garden... LOL. Actually, I'm wondering if it's not the bees they keep in their beehive that are at the top! LOL

Edited June 8, 2008 by Sister Fracas

[Amby 490]

good to know francas. right now we're lucky because we get fresh eggs a few times a week from one of my mom's partners at her practice. he's a really cool guy, he just likes having a farm and chickens and then brings some eggs into work for everyone, but donates most of the eggs to the shelters in the area.

[Sister Fracas 5]

good to know francas. right now we're lucky because we get fresh eggs a few times a week from one of my mom's partners at her practice. he's a really cool guy, he just likes having a farm and chickens and then brings some eggs into work for everyone, but donates most of the eggs to the shelters in the area.

My inlaws also have to deal with extra eggs, but wind up giving them to the music students my FIL instructs in their home. They put a bowl of the eggs out and anyone is welcome to take some. I guess my inlaws can't eat 8-10 eggs per day... LOL That's cool you get the fresh eggs and that he donates the rest. I know with the really healthy diet MIL feeds them, that what they are producing is really good too.

I have to say, maybe being in England and with enough rain and all, that the chicken poop gets washed away quickly. I've never seen any in the yard and they are free roaming.

And getting a jar of fresh honey from their beehive is nice as well.

[Cassie 8]

In the summer we grow a lot of our own stuff in a massive garden at our house and another massive garden on our land about an hour from here. We make jellies, jams, and can items. We also freeze items as well. I would love to have some chickens so I can eat fresh eggs, but I'm not into the idea of actually having chickens

That's really awesome, Amber! That's how I grew up....my father had a huge garden, we raised chickens, goats, a few steer, some ducks, and one sheep. We also had grapefruit, plum, and an apricot tree. This was in the hot desert of the Arizona - we relied on irrigation to do it.

I hope to someday have a garden of my own. For now we could probably grow a few things on our balcony.

Me too -- nothing big ('cause my hubby isn't into the fruits and veg that much) but enough to keep us going and maybe some of our friends. I've already told the DH that the next house we move to needs to have a space where I can plant stuff. Right now I am amusng myself with a plot of lavender, some tomatoes and some oregano.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

In the summer we grow a lot of our own stuff in a massive garden at our house and another massive garden on our land about an hour from here. We make jellies, jams, and can items. We also freeze items as well. I would love to have some chickens so I can eat fresh eggs, but I'm not into the idea of actually having chickens

That's really awesome, Amber! That's how I grew up....my father had a huge garden, we raised chickens, goats, a few steer, some ducks, and one sheep. We also had grapefruit, plum, and an apricot tree. This was in the hot desert of the Arizona - we relied on irrigation to do it.

I hope to someday have a garden of my own. For now we could probably grow a few things on our balcony.

Me too -- nothing big ('cause my hubby isn't into the fruits and veg that much) but enough to keep us going and maybe some of our friends. I've already told the DH that the next house we move to needs to have a space where I can plant stuff. Right now I am amusng myself with a plot of lavender, some tomatoes and some oregano.

I love the smell of fresh oregano. You can make some homemade spaghetti sauce.