Re: Custom Chicken Feed Recipes????

From: nuele mersch (fowls_at_nuele-online.de)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:55:30 +0100

Shawn Pennington <smpenn30@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi Shawn,

>
> Actually, giving the eggs away to the neighbors works in my favor.
>
> They have five children and love fresh eggs so they are happy to get them.
> What they do in return is to keep us stocked all summer long with some of
> the most wonderful fruits and vegetables I have ever eaten! Corn, tomatoes,
> peppers, black berries and apples, all fresh from their garden, are
> delivered regularly during the growing season.

aaaargh! ENVY!!!!

>
> I am a horrible gardener.

So am I....

> They bring me so much that my wife is able to
> can and freeze the extras so the harvest lasts well into the winter.
>
> They said they think they are the ones getting the better deal by receiving
> fresh eggs! I guess, so long as we both feel that we are the lucky ones, it
> is a wonderful situation!

It is indeed! Wish I had such neighbours... (nothing wrong with mine,
though)

Nuele (D)

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