Well…she didn’t react to that- but it is a different story when it comes to her rabbit…..She has been reassured that her rabbit will not be eaten… and anything that we raise for meat….it is clearly laid out that this is an animal we are raising for the purpose of meat.

The turkey is growing happy and healthy in a cage that the boys move around the yard all day… the turkey stays near where they are playing and eats the bugs. He is much happier.

Farmer’s markets — There is a farmer’s market closer into the big city area that is more of a uppity scale organic market where it is way too expensive for my budget and family size.

This country store I found is very reasonable for fresh farm food, as well as selling canned foods, jellies, grains, baking supplies, baked goods, frozen goods, fresh veggies and fruits. One big difference is that your fresh foods are seasonal and local only — they don’t have oranges or bananas–they don’t have food shipped in from China or even California. The fresh food selection this week was radishes, green onions, yellow onions, potatoes, strawberries — but they were fresh, organic and cheap—

Our local farmer’s market is very different from the one close to the big city… You can buy nice sized tomato and pepper plants for $1. A nice large bag of fresh organic mixed greens or spinach is $1.50 to $2.50 a bag — That beats $6 for a bag of organic fresh salad mix or $3.99 for one tomato plant or $9 for a gallon of goats milk, $3 or $4 for organic eggs and $10 to $15 for a bouquet of flowers in the city organic market– I can’t feed this many people with those prices.

No—that food won’t last long — I went through a gallon of milk in less than 24 hours…18 eggs and a package of sausage, bowl of strawberries and a pot of grits for breakfast. The trick is to have your supplies built up so that you don’t have to buy the same things each week—and to grow the large majority of our food from our own land–it takes a lot of work and time to get that going though. However, because of just moving–we don’t have the egg or milk supplies that we need and making 21 loaves of bread a week (we easily go through 3 loaves a day when it is available) is a little too much for me currently — I buy my bread from a lady in our church and at the country market and am happy with that arrangement now.