Comments on: Homefeeding Children

By: Christian Beyer

Christian Beyer — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:38:50 +0000

I chicken becomes a chicken when one is a rooster and the other is a hen, as in "Don't you look becoming". Cluck-cluck. Christian Beyers last blog post..Physician Heal Thy Self: The Imperfect Saviour

By: BuddyO

BuddyO — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:28:25 +0000

I have to admit Doodle is pretty cute.

Now the chickens, we’re not going to eat them either?? (at least not the adults)

BTW, when does a chicken become a chicken…? at conception or after hatching?

By: KathyO

KathyO — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:53:15 +0000

We WILL not eat the rabbit, who’s name is Doodle. I am still emotionally scarred from a childhood trauma…and for the record, rabbit DOES NOT taste like chicken…

By: Christian Beyer

Christian Beyer — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:51:48 +0000

Pit Bull? You mean Bo, right? Heck man, that's the kind of nick name that sticks with a kid. Kind of appropriate though. (The apple don't fall far from the tree, and all that.) Christian Beyers last blog post..Should Christians Work for Caesar?

By: BuddyO

BuddyO — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:53:11 +0000

Outside only.

Kathy and I had an inside rabbit in college. We had it litter trained. It did like wires though…

This one will be exclusively outside. It wouldn’t last long inside with the pit bull.

By: Christian Beyer

Christian Beyer — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:55:05 +0000

Just remember - they pee, poop and shed everywhere. They also like to chew on wires. We had a big lop-ear names Smoke, grew to be about 30 pounds. Once while chewing on the telephone line a call came in. The (relatively) small electrical shock caused her to void her bladder. The current ran through her body and down the urine stream to find ground. Poor baby, scorched her nether region. Christian Beyers last blog post..Should Christians Work for Caesar?

By: BuddyO

BuddyO — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:56:18 +0000

No, the rabbit is just for petting. If I could get away with it… nah…

By: Christian Beyer

Christian Beyer — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:42:05 +0000

You intend to EAT the wabbit?

By: BuddyO

BuddyO — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:30:46 +0000

Hey TG.

Yeah there’s a lot I admire about the Simple Way. I think there’s a happy medium though. We can still be involved in outside community and commerce while seeking to be self sufficient. I have to read that book again.

Rabbit this week… it will take a month or so to build a coop for the chickens. By the time we’re done you may be the only person we can find that’s willing to house sit..

By: TaraG

TaraG — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:12:18 +0000

XXXL…HAHAHA that really made me laugh (sadly).

This is something that I love about the Simple Way (the new monastic “radical” community in Philadelphia), they are really hardcore about keeping up their community garden and teaching the kids in the surrounding communities how to grow their own food in the middle of the city. The Simple Way has even started making their own clothes. Way too many examples out there of how the church (universally speaking) can really make a difference and stand apart.

…that would be too cool if you got chickens. I could put that on my ever-expanding house and pet sitting resume

By: Christian Beyer

Christian Beyer — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:43:49 +0000

But you know what would happen at RUMC (and just about most every other church). We would try to sell the produce, in order to finance our ‘evangelism’.

How about handing out zucchinis and tomatoes free of charge? What would that say about a faith community? Nuts, huh?

By: Christian Beyer

Christian Beyer — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:41:17 +0000

I remember seeing the same thing when I was in Europe over 30 years ago. Everyone had a vegetable garden. Every little plot, every half-barrel, there were vegetables growing. And it seemed that all the trees were fruit trees (gotta make that schnapps). And there was still enough room for a tremendous amount of flowers.

By: BuddyO

BuddyO — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:43:44 +0000

You don’t need a whole lot of land. You can harvest quite a bit from a well planned little flower bed size patch, or indoor potted plants. The communal/community method is best though. Also provides church outside all week, weeding, harvesting, sharing etc.

Cities have been doing this for quite some time. Lots of roof top gardens and converted vacant lots. Every year riding the subway from the airport in Frankfurt we pass by acres of communal garden lands dotted with small greenhouse/sheds.

Think how much Rockland could grow on their 7 acres. Enough to feed that entire neighborhood… and no wasting tithing on lawn service.

By: Christian Beyer

Christian Beyer — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:44:56 +0000

Yeah but you have obvious room for this -’property’ – even though most people wouldn’t consider doing what you are doing. In the cities, or with people who live in apartments, this won’t work so well. Even in town homes like mine, being efficiently productive with raising food is a challenge if not impossible.

But….if let’s say my home-owner’s association allowed some common area to be used as a community garden…. or if someone with property (great idea of yours – the local church) turned over their wasteful lawns into community gardens…..

Think of the possibilities.

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By: BuddyO

BuddyO — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:07:42 +0000

Independence is the key. We need to start teaching people to be as independent as possible.

Our freezer is getting full from our garden. We’ll have enough to easily get through till next spring.

We’re actually considering getting some chickens.