I am fortunate to be blessed with very talented friends with a wide variety of life experience in many different areas. One of my friends is passionate about the homesteading arts, and I really admire her persistence, her knowledge, and her skills. I'm becoming more and more obsessed lately with making the most of our yard, planting edibles and incorporating them into the landscaping, and I often turn to this friend for her opinions and advice. Urban and suburban chicken coops are becoming kind of a hot topic around here lately, and I know this friend has plenty to say about it, so I asked her to write a guest blog about homesteading in the suburbs, especially raising chickens. I hope that it will inspire you like she inspires me!
Homesteading in the Suburbs
If you are fortunate enough to own a home in the suburbs, you
have a plot of land. Some get acres, some get a fraction of a single acre. Most are fully covered in sod. Sod or grass requires mowing. Some
homeowners, like myself, choose to edge, spread fertilizer, and treat for weeds
to make it look nice. All of us are
given a great opportunity: a plot of land.
A plot of land used to mean opportunity.
Now, to the average homeowner, it means (yard) work.
