Well, not completely but the kids and I went to a farm today. And guess what?!? We are the proud share holders of a dairy cow! I am now entitled to one gallon of raw milk a week. The kids are loving the milk and have already drank 1/2 gallon. I will be buying more shares as money allows. I would like to eventually be able to get five gallons of raw milk a week. In our home we can go through a gallon of milk in one day so we'll have to ration the milk out but I think it's doable. I've noticed that even the "normal" milk in the stores is creeping up to over $3 a gallon and I think paying what I'm paying for milk isn't too bad.
Have you done anything to help you not depend on the grocery stores today?
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7 comments:
Hey, you gotta cow! My friend leases her horse. She charges something like $50 a month and you get one whole day to "own" the horse.
I don't do that as my brother owns horses and I could ride 'em if I wanted to. I just never want to!
What a great idea. I have never heard of that, I might look into it. I wonder if the store bought milk will start to not taste as good? Something I have done to kind of avoid the stores is I make my own cleaners. I wrote about it on my blog. Take a look.
I also buy raw milk at a local dairy farm. It is $10.00 a gallon! I have had to cut back since the economy has affected us in a major way, but fortunately we only go through about a gallon a week.
That's very cool. Gives new meaning to the phrase "Have a cow!" :)
I would love to live in an area with small farms and well-treated livestock for (partial) purchase. I guess they'd call that "sharestocking"? LOL
We are hoping to move into a new place about an hour outside the city by the end of the year. I'm going to keep my eye out for a cow to share when I get there!
I am working to grow a fall/winter garden so that I won't need to go to the store for fresh vegetables.
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