Comments on: Urban Farming Hassles http://www.foodrenegade.com/urban-farming-hassles/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:06:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Melissa http://www.foodrenegade.com/urban-farming-hassles/#comment-278630 Melissa Wed, 25 May 2011 18:22:49 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1531#comment-278630 This is a little late, since your post was almost a year ago, but I would clip their wings and then throw them back over the fence. I have two hens and I keep their wings clipped so they don't leave my yard. This is a little late, since your post was almost a year ago, but I would clip their wings and then throw them back over the fence. I have two hens and I keep their wings clipped so they don’t leave my yard.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.foodrenegade.com/urban-farming-hassles/#comment-5142 Kathy Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:23:31 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1531#comment-5142 Hi, I was looking for a remedy to keep my neighbors renegade chickens from flying into my backyard and saw your comments. Do you keep your chickens from roaming the neighborhood? There is a city ordinance here not allowing chickens in the city limits. I don't care if my neighbors break the ordinance, but just don't want their chickens in my gardens. Their thing is chickens....mine peaceful gardens that aren't trashed several times during the day. Any suggestions? Hi,
I was looking for a remedy to keep my neighbors renegade chickens from flying into my backyard and saw your comments. Do you keep your chickens from roaming the neighborhood? There is a city ordinance here not allowing chickens in the city limits.
I don’t care if my neighbors break the ordinance, but just don’t want their chickens in my
gardens. Their thing is chickens….mine peaceful gardens that aren’t trashed several times during the day.
Any suggestions?

]]> By: Douglas http://www.foodrenegade.com/urban-farming-hassles/#comment-5141 Douglas Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:28:38 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1531#comment-5141 I have been an urban farmer for years, but for 2010, I am going to add chicken farmer to my resume. I am starting small (4 chickens) and we'll see where this leads me .-= Douglas´s last blog post ...<a href="http://www.healthhabits.ca/2009/11/28/leftover-turkey-soup/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed" rel="nofollow">Leftover Turkey Soup</a> =-. I have been an urban farmer for years, but for 2010, I am going to add chicken farmer to my resume.

I am starting small (4 chickens) and we’ll see where this leads me
.-= Douglas´s last blog post …Leftover Turkey Soup =-.

]]> By: Sheri @ Moms for Safe Food http://www.foodrenegade.com/urban-farming-hassles/#comment-5140 Sheri @ Moms for Safe Food Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:59:36 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1531#comment-5140 We have four chickens. Our city allows up to 10, no roosters as long as they're 35 feet from neighboring homes. Months after we got them I found out that our HOA does not allow them, but I've had no complaints from my neighbors and they're the only ones who can see them. I was reading recently about how 10 chickens make about the same waste then a forty pound dog. They're cute, sweet, and we got our first egg today! Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. Sheri http://momsforsafefood.org/Blog/Entries/2009/11/27_What_I_am_Thankful_for.html We have four chickens. Our city allows up to 10, no roosters as long as they’re 35 feet from neighboring homes. Months after we got them I found out that our HOA does not allow them, but I’ve had no complaints from my neighbors and they’re the only ones who can see them. I was reading recently about how 10 chickens make about the same waste then a forty pound dog. They’re cute, sweet, and we got our first egg today! Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving.
Sheri
http://momsforsafefood.org/Blog/Entries/2009/11/27_What_I_am_Thankful_for.html

]]> By: Diana@Spain in Iowa http://www.foodrenegade.com/urban-farming-hassles/#comment-5139 Diana@Spain in Iowa Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:48:11 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1531#comment-5139 I have 7 chickens in my backyard and LOVE them! I live in Des Moines, Iowa and am pretty excited how much in favor our city is to the local food movement ;) .-= Diana@Spain in Iowa´s last blog post ...<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XduT/~3/EIhkYoHUPik/guest-post-rebecca-subbiah-from-chow.html" rel="nofollow">Guest Post: Rebecca Subbiah from Chow and Chatter, Nantes Market</a> =-. I have 7 chickens in my backyard and LOVE them! I live in Des Moines, Iowa and am pretty excited how much in favor our city is to the local food movement ;)
.-= Diana@Spain in Iowa´s last blog post …Guest Post: Rebecca Subbiah from Chow and Chatter, Nantes Market =-.

]]> By: Nate http://www.foodrenegade.com/urban-farming-hassles/#comment-5138 Nate Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:53:33 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1531#comment-5138 We grew tomatoes in our front yard in San Jose. Right up to the sidewalk. No one complained. (But we made sure we planted green tomatoes so that no one would steal the ripe ones!) .-= Nate´s last blog post ...<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HouseOfAnnie/~3/VkWsgQXYzyE/honey-glazed-yams.html" rel="nofollow">Honey-Glazed Yams</a> =-. We grew tomatoes in our front yard in San Jose. Right up to the sidewalk. No one complained. (But we made sure we planted green tomatoes so that no one would steal the ripe ones!)
.-= Nate´s last blog post …Honey-Glazed Yams =-.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.foodrenegade.com/urban-farming-hassles/#comment-5137 Jeremy Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:08:07 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1531#comment-5137 The nearby town of Oak Creek, Colo. is in the process of re-writing town ordinances that govern chickens in town. Read: http://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/2009/nov/12/oak-creek-residents-want-keep-chickens-fertilize-g/ and http://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/2009/nov/13/oak-creek-town-board-allows-family-keep-3-hens/. I think the the choice is either try to change the rules or find a place with rules that fit your lifestyle. Or in true renegade style just do it. The nearby town of Oak Creek, Colo. is in the process of re-writing town ordinances that govern chickens in town. Read: http://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/2009/nov/12/oak-creek-residents-want-keep-chickens-fertilize-g/ and http://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/2009/nov/13/oak-creek-town-board-allows-family-keep-3-hens/. I think the the choice is either try to change the rules or find a place with rules that fit your lifestyle. Or in true renegade style just do it.

]]> By: Extreme Fitness Results http://www.foodrenegade.com/urban-farming-hassles/#comment-5136 Extreme Fitness Results Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:29:44 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1531#comment-5136 My office has taken the initiative to plant a backyard garden, where we're growing arugula, peppers, squash, corn and more. It's not the biggest garden, but it's an experiment, a start in trying to be more eco-friendly and nourish ourselves with organic, naturally grown vegetables. And so far it's going really well! You can see some pictures and read about it <a href="http://blog.extremefitnessresults.com/2009/11/seeking-better-nutrition-planting-a-backyard-garden/" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://blog.extremefitnessresults.com/2009/11/backyard-garden-a-few-days-in/" rel="nofollow">here</a> on our blog! .-= Extreme Fitness Results´s last blog post ...<a href="http://blog.extremefitnessresults.com/2009/11/health-benefits-of-yoga/" rel="nofollow">Health Benefits of Yoga</a> =-. My office has taken the initiative to plant a backyard garden, where we’re growing arugula, peppers, squash, corn and more. It’s not the biggest garden, but it’s an experiment, a start in trying to be more eco-friendly and nourish ourselves with organic, naturally grown vegetables. And so far it’s going really well! You can see some pictures and read about it here and here on our blog!
.-= Extreme Fitness Results´s last blog post …Health Benefits of Yoga =-.

]]> By: Julie http://www.foodrenegade.com/urban-farming-hassles/#comment-5135 Julie Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:45:04 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1531#comment-5135 I would like to say as someone living in a HOA that when we bought here eight years ago we thought we were Suburban Yuppies. We had no idea that within a few years of having kids we would want anything else. We are making plans now to leave and find some land. Getting our HOA changed is near impossible. We can have well kept gardens. Right now I have two boxes of veggies going and some fruit trees so it's not as bad as some places. We can't own livestock or collect rain water or have a compost bin outside or dry clothes outside. Though very discreetly we are learning ways to do all of those things. The thing I hate the most though is how cooped up my kids are. When we bought here we had no kids. A few years later we had five (through adoption LOL). I hate that our house is too close to the neighbors, the irrigation pond, and the street to really let them get outside and play. .-= Julie´s last blog post ...<a href="http://keepersathome.blogspot.com/2009/11/fall-tour.html" rel="nofollow">A Fall Tour</a> =-. I would like to say as someone living in a HOA that when we bought here eight years ago we thought we were Suburban Yuppies. We had no idea that within a few years of having kids we would want anything else. We are making plans now to leave and find some land.
Getting our HOA changed is near impossible. We can have well kept gardens. Right now I have two boxes of veggies going and some fruit trees so it’s not as bad as some places.
We can’t own livestock or collect rain water or have a compost bin outside or dry clothes outside. Though very discreetly we are learning ways to do all of those things.
The thing I hate the most though is how cooped up my kids are. When we bought here we had no kids. A few years later we had five (through adoption LOL). I hate that our house is too close to the neighbors, the irrigation pond, and the street to really let them get outside and play.
.-= Julie´s last blog post …A Fall Tour =-.

]]> By: Carmen http://www.foodrenegade.com/urban-farming-hassles/#comment-5134 Carmen Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:07:58 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1531#comment-5134 San Francisco allows up to 2 hens, no roosters. They have to have an approved enclosure no closer than 150ft from the nearest house (It think). The real trick is finding a place big enough to keep a couple hens. There is a local organization that advocates urban farming. They offer classes on keeping chickens and ducks, making compost, gardening in our multitude of sub-climates, etc. All in all, not a bad city to try to keep it in your own backyard! San Francisco allows up to 2 hens, no roosters. They have to have an approved enclosure no closer than 150ft from the nearest house (It think). The real trick is finding a place big enough to keep a couple hens. There is a local organization that advocates urban farming. They offer classes on keeping chickens and ducks, making compost, gardening in our multitude of sub-climates, etc. All in all, not a bad city to try to keep it in your own backyard!

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