Living Local

[CrealCritter]

On the living local subject

Here's a awesome resource chalked full of info from a local community processing house. Open the menu and enjoy the reading and video watching.

https://showalterscountrymeats.com/

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[Hardknockshomestead]

I try to buy local but the closest feed store is 16 miles from here. The closest town is 8 miles. Small, expensive grocery store, so I usually drive the 23 miles to the nearest town that has grocery stores, feed, and best of all-my Mom. Other than feed, farm supplies, gasoline, groceries, and diesel for our little tractor, we don't really like to go to town. We do, however, do business at our local butcher, local hardware store, and our local Synergy Co-op. We bought our tractor, chickens, most of our goats, the 2 pigs we raised and my vehicle locally. We get our hay a mile from home and had bought one load of manure from the same neighbor as we didn't have enough of our own yet. We bartered eggs and fresh milk for sawdust from another neighbor, to use as animal bedding. Also, I am super excited that this month our buck goats will be used for breeding for the first time-also for barter. I would love to source bulk feed locally, but haven't yet found it.

 

[CrealCritter]

Finished the third verse, feel free to change and use, put it to music, there is no copyright.

Good-ole Country Livin'

Well I seen a lot of cities and taken what the cities got to give.
Then I traveled through the country and decided that's place I'm gonna live.
Now my home is concrete, concrete even above my head.
But soon, it'll be good-ole country livin', where I'll make my bed.

Good-ole
Good-ole
County Livin'
That's Right!

When I get there, I think I'll take an overdose of fresh air.
I won't worry any more, live my life without a care.
Maybe plant a garden, raise some cattle and find a wife.
We'll have a whole lot of childern, yea, that'll be my life.

Good-ole
Good-ole
County
County Livin'

I'll try to teach them right from wrong, how to love, and care.
Because you know, one of these days, I won't be there.
I tell them stories, of my life in the city, how living there is bad news.
And that all cities are good for, is to give you the blues.

Good-ole
Good-ole
Good-ole
County Livin'

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[baymule]

Good lyrics!