It is amazing how nowadays chickens find their way into everything! Even Gaiam published an article about an urban couple and their experience in urban homesteading. I was surprised, I have never thought of Gaiam to be more than a source of overpriced yoga mats and bizarre trinkets. But I am cheap and not hip, so what do I know!
The article, Chickens In Suburbia: One Couple's Foray Into Urban Homesteading, is a good read for anyone who wants an intro into urban homesteading. Everett Sizemore went from knowing nothing about homesteading to owning chickens, bees, growing a garden, and starting the Greater Denver Homesteading Group.
It is a great story of how average people can do it. It’s amazing how much the couple has done. I wish they said how long it took them to go from zero to now. What is the most impressive, owning and growing chicken is hip now. So does it mean I am hip too?
August 2, 2009
Gaiam on chickens
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Thanks for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteTo answer your questions...
It took about three years to go from zero to what we have now. The first year was all about building raised beds and gardening. Year two was about landscaping, improving my gardening skills and both of us learning some other homesteading skills like making cheese, spinning wool and preserving havests. This year is all about bees, chickens and tying it all together.
Yes, you're hip too. ;-)
Regards,
Everett
wow, Everett! Thank you for visiting and reading. I am so excited and there are so many questions I would like to ask - how do you keep your chickens and garden together and doing well, how do you find time to do everything you are doing???
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