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It still blows my mind that all of this food I collect every week for my chickens and my family would otherwise be headed for the dumpster. We’ve been picking up free “scraps” from Mr. Produce Guy for over a year now and week after week I am shocked at what’s headed for the trash. Read More >>
This past week I hit the jackpot in the reclaimed food department. Melons, lettuce, strawberries, corn and grapes. This whole idea of asking your local grocer for their chicken scraps isn’t a bad gig. Some weeks we make out like bandits, and some weeks the chickens get all the loot. What we obtain, and what Read More >>
The pickin’s were a little slim this week. But I’m not complaining. With the kids getting ready to head back to school, the garden, the chickens, and having to get ready for a quick trip to Boise, I was a bit relieved to see only 3 boxes when I picked up our “chicken scraps” this Read More >>
This week when I went to pick up the “chicken scraps” I was a bit relieved. For the first time in a long while the boxes were not stuffed with mounds and mounds of lettuce leaves. There were a few heads of iceberg lettuce this time around, but they were not salvageable. However, there was an ample Read More >>
Blech. When The Girl and I went to pick up the produce boxes a few days ago all I could see were heaps of lettuce trimmings. The good thing was, chickens love lettuce. The not so good thing, I really have no use for 4 boxes of lettuce leaves. This week we were able to Read More >>
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