No. Neither of us were raised on a farm. Jamie’s mom was raised on a dairy farm in Ohio (they also had lots of other animals) and her parents lived on a dairy farm in MO while her dad was in college. Growing up, her parents gardened and canned when possible and always either had [...]
We have three Silver Fox rabbits (two does and a buck) that we bred twice this past year, producing a total of 32 kits. We butchered all but one of the kits (one was a gift to our neighbor), froze the meat, and tanned to pelts.
I tanned the pelts using the instructions found in this [...]
Even in the middle of winter, our geese and ducks still spend time in the pond every day. We help them maintain an opening and this is what they do:
Mike and I got our first chickens in the summer of 2002. We maintained a flock of between six and eight hens at our old house and loved having fresh eggs. We let them free range and they kept the bug population way down as well as giving us lovely eggs.
Our flock currently stands at [...]
We eat at fast food restaurants.
We are busy, working parents with two young kids. Sometimes we go through the drive-thru. It is infrequent (once/twice a month) and we have rules, for example we try to only order fish or whole cuts of chicken if we order meat at all. We avoid foods that have been [...]