Hi Jack! My husband and I are taking your #grownostr challenge. On the topic of growing your own food, we live in an area of north Idaho that’s super rocky soil. We are building it up but it’s a process. Also very difficult to have livestock on the side of a mountain we live on. Soooooo to negate this problem we created a “ North Idaho Freedom Exchange” so we could connect with members of our community that produce the stuff our property cannot. Our first meeting we had over 70 people show up!!!! We traded our kimchi for bunnies and some beef tallow for moose meat! It was awesome. Next meetup is this weekend. Hoping for another good showing. Keeping it engaging by adding in a “Kids Korner” and also creating “committees” to get people within the community involved so it can keep the momentum going. Trying to walk the walk so to speak! Cheers 🥂
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Was thinking about something like this in my area (Missouri). Good to see it succeeding elsewhere!
It’s all about finding the people in the area willing to participate. Some areas have more motivation than others. We have found that a lot of the new comers (including ourselves) fled from the west coast to escape the tyranny so none of us want to participate in the clown show anymore. We are a relatively small area with a huge concentration of freedom minded folks who don’t trust anything the “government” has to say to us. Including the FDA, the CDC, the DEA etc… lol. I would be more than happy to share with you how we are doing it and keep you updated on progress if you’d like!
I live in Wyoming. I've had rabbits for about a year. We just had our first litter, but only 3 survived. The rabbit droppings are doing wonders for my soil and my garden. Even if you don't eat the rabbits, they are worth having for building soil. We keep ours in our garage so they are convenient to take care of, so the critters don't try to eat them, and so their temperature is moderated. The garage doesn't get as hot or cold as outside.
I love the community you are creating.
Oooooohhh spoiled bunnies! We are also using ours for fertilizer at the moment. We had several litters last year but only one litter made it. Also doesn’t help that we have a husky/shepherd who has hopped into our enclosures a couple times unfortunately. But I think we have it all sorted now! 🤞🏻
I have heard plenty of people who do rabbits say, "If I didn't eat them, I'd still keep 1 or 2 for fertility alone.
I get weird looks from 'ol timers' in our area when I tell them "we have 14 bunnies, trying to get up to about 100" they ask "do you butcher them?" And I reply "I'm using them for fertilizer, but I might eventually..."
Look, it's good fertility, they are cute, and they bring me joy.
Course, they get weird looks from me when they ask if I keep them in hanging cages and I tell them I would never abuse an animal like that- I keep them on the ground, like a real living being 😲 what a concept
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