We are country folk, living in the city.  Ted and I both yearn for fields of green, both in the plant and sustainable living sense.  Alas, living in the Valley of Los Angeles can seem like the farthest place from wide open spaces.  Despite this, we try in our own little ways to keep some things a little more down to earth.  Whether it’s planting beets, carrots, tomatoes or cilantro in any inch of dirt we can find in our minuscule yard, or composting every scrap possible from the kitchen, or even just recycling and reducing our waste down to a bag of garbage a week.  These are all things that make us feel a little less like the concrete jungle dwellers we are.  OK, I know what some of you are thinking…GRANOLA…but we like to think of ourselves as “High Tech Granola” for all intensive purposes.

 Our next step in the right direction is going to be: CHICKENS!

At first it was just talk of chickens…how cool it would be to have our own, to have those earthy fresh eggs for all our cooking purposes.  Then, some friends back East got more serious about it and started looking into what actually needs to take place in order to have the chickens.  There’s the issue of what breed to get, the chicken coop, zoning ordinances in your community and of course how many to get.  Ted’s done most of the research, but I’m a big supporter of the chicken movement.  Unless you’ve ever eaten a home laid egg, you have NO idea what I’m talking about..there’s a freshness that can’t be beat, and just a heartier flavor than your dozen found in a carton at the store. 

As more develops on the chicken front I’ll write again, but for now stay tuned for news on our feathered friends to come!