A FARM DAY IN THE CITY

A FARM DAY IN THE CITY

Well, yesterday was the day that my daughters and the boyfriend of my second daughter did the deeds. Because my oldest starting raw-feeding her dog, she has been on the lookout for meat for the past while. She came across a lady who had chickens/roosters for free, so they picked up six of them. Out in my garage, in the middle of town, having never done it before, they slaughtered chickens. The three young ones, her three boys, were there and took it all in as though it were just another day in life. It took quite a while to get them all the birds scalded and plucked, but she (DD) did it! I was so proud of her—not for killing things—but for getting back to the basics like we all want to do. She could have bought chicken, but she searched out someone who raises them organically and did all the work that it entailed to process them. We love organic things and are leaning more and more toward this way of life. There are way too many people affected with cancer; I see it every day that I work in the hospital. We don’t need all the additives that are in our foods, and neither do our animals.

Also yesterday, having never done it before, my second daughter and her boyfriend went hunting, and he got a deer! He was so proud and even gutted it himself. This may not seem like a big deal to avid hunters, but it’s quite the accomplishment to a 26-year-old man who has never even been hunting before. He gutted it, and the three of them hung it up from the hoist in our garage. They plan on feeding it to their two dogs, and the family will partake also. I came home from work right as they were finishing up. They all seemed so fulfilled after their hard day’s work. For us it was a real farm day in the city.