• rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
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    16 days ago

    I’m no good with crops, but our salad/salsa garden is successful.

    If you’re allowed them, laying hens are stupid easy to keep. I don’t do roasters because we have a 5 bird limit in our suburb and honestly harvesting chickens is messy and time consuming.

    E: oh, and free range eggs will absolutely ruin you for regular eggs. It’s like the difference in one of your tomatoes and the ones from the grocery.

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      16 days ago

      I’ve had multiple unsuccessful attempts at a garden but two successful attempts with livestock: Pigs and chickens. It’s helpful that they make noise when there’s something wrong.

      +1 for free range eggs. Plus there’s no bugs in your yard. Where I live now I can’t keep chickens but I’m allowed to have ducks, so I think I’ll do that in the spring.

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        15 days ago

        We ended up with some Easter ducks and now everyone prefers duck eggs. They are more consistent winter layers too.

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      15 days ago

      It’s like the difference in one of your tomatoes and the ones from the grocery.

      Many people do not know this but it is true.