09-23-2020, 06:29 AM
(09-23-2020, 05:24 AM)terracore Wrote: Since the OP is apparently interested in meat self-sufficiency, if one takes measures to control the mongoose population (and sometimes even if they don't) the jungle seems to spit out an inexhaustible supply of chickens to eat, as well as pork.
CHICKENS YOU SAY? Why have I not heard this before? We have grouse here, which, while they taste delicious, are not allowed to be on the menu without permits. Some wild jungle fowl is some of the most tasty meat in the world. I bet their bellies are filled with fat slugs, and their eggs are a rich golden orange...
The meat we eat from the grocery is poison. It's not even allowed to be labeled by country of origin anymore. The antibiotics they use to ensure that the animals don't die from disease from over crowding in their pens, has a direct and devastating impact on our beneficial gut microbiota. I say this with a degree in Micro, not as some cooky SOB on the internet. I always feel sick when I eat a burger from a fast food chain, but a big ass slab of bison meat almost makes me feel as if I can run through a wall.
I like the suggestion of composting the remains, it never occurred to me. I have to pee on my compost pile, to even get some heat going deep in it. The sun just doesn't warm it up enough. The microbes in the intestines will probably supercharge that heap.
Bacon, eggs, and coffee, with some fruit smoothies for my girls... I think we will be having breakfast 3x a day in Hawaii... We also grow a lot of food, but the summers here have less than 90 days of growing, so it is a struggle. I also planned on a 20x20 greenhouse for a kitchen herb garden and also to fight the rat lungworm. My lot backs into jungle. Are there fruit trees to forage from while out walking? Or should I focus on planting those on my lot?