Do you live off the land?
By Ruth Pearson
@Gwensmom (504)
United States
August 14, 2015 11:08pm CST
I have been doing my summer gardening and canning/freezing veggies for the winter ahead.
And what I am really excited about is getting chickens.
I have 10 chickens. They are laying eggs and the plan is to sell extras. When they quit laying, it's fried chicken for everyone!
I have the land for other livestock, but not ready to go that route right now.
Are you a garden person or buy it at the store person?
Why or why not?
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7 responses
@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
15 Aug 15
We have a garden. Ours needs to be a lot bigger though. I do can and freeze when we have enough. I also dehydrate a few things. I quite often have to buy veggies from the local farmers market to put away. We have had chickens and ducks in the past and they are truly a pleasure to just sit and watch. The eggs are just a great bonus.
Good luck with your egg selling venture.
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@happythoughts (4109)
• United States
16 Aug 15
Its a dream of mine but right now we are still looking for the land to live off of. I want to create my own food and know where it all comes from. It is such a big job but it is one that comes with great rewards. We have eight happy hens right now I would love to get some extra space for. Its crazy how expensive dirt is huh!
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@happythoughts (4109)
• United States
16 Aug 15
@Gwensmom How fun. Land and land with family memories and meaning to it. That much be so much fun to build up something with so much history attached.
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@allknowing (130292)
• India
16 Aug 15
It is the other way around. The land lives off me - the trees, the greenery, the birds everything. They depend on me to keep them alive and in return they give me happiness.
Happiness is expensive I say!!
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@Gwensmom (504)
• United States
16 Aug 15
Yes, that is true. I never really thought about it that way.
anyway, we only have vegetables here and it is my mom that tends to them 
we eat them sometimes
@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
15 Aug 15
Wow seriously you are doing all these things by yourself? Impressive ... now surely you won't get hungry because you know these stuff.
phew.. such a skill
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@Gwensmom (504)
• United States
15 Aug 15
It does take time, but to me and my husband it is worth it.
@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
15 Aug 15
@Gwensmom Yeah why not it is your own produce and therefore you are assured of purely organic and not gmos
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@Gwensmom (504)
• United States
16 Aug 15
@Mavic123456 I know! GMOs are very bad. I go as environmentally friendly as I can.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
15 Aug 15
This is great to hear Ruth! I had no idea you had land and all. Did you move I think? Well anyway it is great to hear. I do not have land, I live in an apt. But it is my ultimate dream to do as you are doing.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
16 Aug 15
@Gwensmom I bet it is Ruth..you are blessed.
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
29 Aug 15
I do a mixture of both, though I am more of a store person than live off the land. Although I have a few chickens, I couldn't imagine butchering them. I will only go so far as to eat their eggs! That's it!
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