Hello from Iowa

kashmir · Post: # 94317Post **kashmir** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:22 am

I'm trying to be more self-sufficientish and greenish and I'm very shortly getting chickens. Oh, and I live in the city, about ten blocks away from the skyscrapers. I cloth diapered my kids, youngest is eight now. I built a solar cooker and I have organic gardened for many years now. I compost and recycle so well we hardly have any trash to take out most weeks. Plus I'm often heard saying, "Don't throw that out, I can still use it," much to the chagrin of my husband!

Carrie in Des Moines, Iowa

ina · Post: # 94318Post **ina** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:36 am

Hiya Carrie - welcome to the Ishers! I'm wondering how you manage to do all these things in a city!

kashmir · Post: # 94325Post **kashmir** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:33 am

Well, keeping chickens is legal in our city (you can have up to 30 if you have less than an acre, up to 50 if you have more than one acre. Although I'm not planning on the full 30! The rest is accomplished by the fact that although I am close to the skyscrapers etc. I am actually in an historic neighborhood, and we have yards etc. I used to have a little house set on a large yard, but now I have a large house set on a little yard

Thanks for the welcome, everyone here is so nice (and informative too!).

Carrie

old tree man · Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:07 am

Hello

Russ

kiwirach · Post: # 94355Post **kiwirach** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:35 am

hi Carrie, welcome....its great to see people joining from all over the world. i look forward to hearing more about what you do.

tim&fatima · Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:49 am

Hello and Welcome.

hamster · Post: # 94366Post **hamster** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:20 am

Hello!!

red · Post: # 94371Post **red** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:06 am

hi and welcome

Millymollymandy · Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:21 am

Hello and welcome Carrie!