tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227443469796974198.post6508286827369731373..comments2024-03-26T13:01:07.182-07:00Comments on little*big*harvest: "Urban People are NOT Farmers" Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05057816578900725011noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227443469796974198.post-85848383415266643162014-05-31T07:01:25.317-07:002014-05-31T07:01:25.317-07:00Hi Alicia! So nice to 'see' you here! Oh, ...Hi Alicia! So nice to 'see' you here! Oh, I am so frustrated for you, that you spent all that time researching, and actively sought change, only to be met with an outright NO. It sounds like your city has the same general attitude as mine. I have been reading about other major cities all over the US who allow backyard chickens; my good friend Sam over in Albuquerque NM just got 7 hens forAndreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05057816578900725011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227443469796974198.post-3182946971417898312014-05-30T19:47:34.645-07:002014-05-30T19:47:34.645-07:00Sorry! Don't know why it made me anonymous. ...Sorry! Don't know why it made me anonymous. ~Alicia from Walking Softly Upon the EarthAliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03222863275107355477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227443469796974198.post-36158369279291448202014-05-30T19:45:52.458-07:002014-05-30T19:45:52.458-07:00I'm having a great time reading through your b...I'm having a great time reading through your blog and had to stop and comment here. I am dying for a few laying hens. I researched keeping chickens for a year and submitted a whole report to my HOA requesting a change in the no poultry rule. I got a flat no from them and I'm very bitter. :) I keep getting the attitude you spoke about. It's so frustrating to continually have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227443469796974198.post-26818852238470387852014-04-06T07:05:34.130-07:002014-04-06T07:05:34.130-07:00Tut, tut, some folks just don't get it. I enjo...Tut, tut, some folks just don't get it. I enjoyed your post even though the subject in enraging. Hoping you get your chickens. Have a great farm-y day.magnoliasnteahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517995125207145961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227443469796974198.post-89560095799744323962014-04-05T10:33:39.201-07:002014-04-05T10:33:39.201-07:00I had to chuckle when I read that. We DO live in t...I had to chuckle when I read that. We DO live in the country, but only own 10 acres and, and STILL many people wouldn't consider us farmers (even though we raise chickens, sheep, and grow a garden). I guess it is all perspective. LOL. <br /><br />About the chicken this being cute and fun, I would totally ignore that because they are cute and fun. We have 50+ chickens and they do nothing but Unexpected Farm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037931884081452129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227443469796974198.post-67021759535539788552014-04-02T07:56:23.755-07:002014-04-02T07:56:23.755-07:00Great post Andrea! Having done this homesteading/f...Great post Andrea! Having done this homesteading/farming thing the urban way and also on many acres of farm land, I completely agree with your perspective that "farming" is about far more than how many acres you have or how big your city lot is (or perhaps, how big the balcony of your apartment is!) Good luck with those chickens!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083397579757445224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227443469796974198.post-50320193545454579662014-04-02T07:24:25.893-07:002014-04-02T07:24:25.893-07:00Various groups of people seem to think they own th...Various groups of people seem to think they own the word "farmer". I have 20 acres, but am not really a "farmer" to some who have 100. Along came the phrase "hobby farmer". That's cool if you want to apply it to yourself. Please, don't apply it to me. While I love my lifestyle, it's definitely NOT a hobby. I had a little "farm" in an urban area.Diane Barnardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15485392779317806184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227443469796974198.post-88608751861842224812014-03-15T06:49:34.820-07:002014-03-15T06:49:34.820-07:00Very good post.. I agree urban people are not farm...Very good post.. I agree urban people are not farmers and they don't have to be one. But I am all for urban homesteading, people have to take back their knowledge about food. As for that negative commenter, I am sick of people trying to control others just because things can go wrong or because it does not click well with their own views. Last year there was a huge change in school system in nihalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03754535168970492697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227443469796974198.post-9738793650625528742014-03-14T13:35:31.420-07:002014-03-14T13:35:31.420-07:00Right behind you on your reaction/response !
~SamRight behind you on your reaction/response !<br />~SamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227443469796974198.post-85894374220477016812014-03-14T13:21:17.553-07:002014-03-14T13:21:17.553-07:00Wow Andrea, this was an amazing post, very well wr...Wow Andrea, this was an amazing post, very well written. It's been too long since I've been to your site, glad to be back! We live in the city too, and have chickens, grow our own food, tap our maple trees, and this year we're getting bees. It pisses me off when people talk crap about urban homesteaders. Sure, maybe we're not farmers in the traditional sense, but can't Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00382668629374308589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227443469796974198.post-12261486653363066492014-03-14T12:49:07.746-07:002014-03-14T12:49:07.746-07:00Wow! Just wow! Great post! I gotta share this o...Wow! Just wow! Great post! I gotta share this one! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07151113010262793089noreply@blogger.com