Well..... as it turns out, the 6mo calf that is part of a small herd staying with me has discovered the free milk bar and I haven't gotten any fresh in days...
Her owner is (supposedly) working on getting them back home soon. Until then, what little milk I'm getting is getting used up. So no...
... and an unspeakable tragedy to have lived a life and to have never done either one.
I know a person who, I sincerely believe, has never had an original thought.
I have said over and over again how aware and thankful I am that my garden is a hobby and not the single source of food for my family. How many days have I complained that my air-conditioned house was 'too warm' to run the canner and lost half a basket of tomatoes that ended up as chicken feed...
I have a generator - we get hurricanes in VA too. ;) What I meant was that as much as I'd like to log into amazon and order up the biggest and badest dehydrators, canners, solar powered this and that, etc. - I will make do with the give-away/hand-me-downs & 'entry level' purchases until I am...
I have been trying to learn 'new' skills over the years that will serve me well when resources become harder or more expensive to get. Raising livestock, growing a garden, composting, etc. I don't see any sense in going broke getting tools & equipment to get me through a depression that might...
.... and almost all of that made no sense to me - LOL
(everytime I start to think that I know a little something about chickens - something comes along and I realize that there is STILL a whole world of chicken stuff out there I have no idea about)
Sumi, years ago I worked in a veterinarian's office. One of our clients was Mr. Huzzey. He had 2 golden retrievers named Shameless and Brazen. We loved stepping out into the waiting room with our clipboard and saying "Shameless Hussy? Is there a Shameless Hussy here?"
LOL!!!!!
We were just discussing over on BYC that black walnut in/on the soil will stop anything else from growing.
Not sure if it still can do that once it passes through a pig's gut... but worth checking into...
Curious - you mentioned adding another animal... Is there some reason they have to...