273: Gasp, we’re skipping meat birds this year. But why?
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Homesteading isn’t always about piling up as much as you can raise, grow, and store. Sometimes it’s about making smart choices that align with your resources and goals. In today’s episode, I share two big reasons why we have decided to skip raising meat birds this year.
As we aim for a more self-sufficient, closed-loop system on our farm, we’re also keeping it real about the cost-effectiveness of raising meat versus buying it. Let’s touch on an often unspoken truth in the homesteading community: not having every option doesn’t mean you’re going to starve. It’s about making the most of what you have, and sometimes, that means letting go of what doesn’t serve you—even if you’re afraid it will mean losing a few “homesteader points.”
Hang out with me today for a candid discussion on adapting your farm plans, embracing change, and doing what makes sense for your homestead.
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Good points. As of this writing, I still visit the butcher when he has sales, and I push my cart to the Farmer’s Market to buy ingredients to can. Accordingly, I have about 50 lbs of diced chicken breast canned and put aside for soups and chili. I’ve even canned up bacon when on sale, and this year I may try buying a few post-Thanksgiving turkeys to roast, carve, and can up with stock from the carcass.
This year, I am finally moving to my dream rural property, thank You Jesus. And among other things, I’ll finally have my first garden to grow food I’ll put by. And I know _that_ will have its learning curve. But I’m digressing.
Your podcast is on-target. Make the wisest choices and go with it! While I’m still, for now, urban; that will thankfully change. But it doesn’t mean I can’t _think_ and act like a rural homesteader! Because keeping faith in the dream and acting on it is how you call it into being.