I am stuck in the city. This place just went over the 4,000 population mark. There was a big push to ban chicken farming in city limits last year. I hear a rooster crowing most mornings not too far away. Maybe they banned hens but not roosters. Which makes perfect sense.
Have a wood burning stove and burn a lot of scrap from a local cabinet shop and construction sites. Manufactured wood products that really put out the toxic chemicals when burned.
I would love a couple of acres out of town so I could garden and raise some meat animals.
City? 4000 population? That’s nice compared to a lot of places to live. LOL!
Most city folks don’t realize just how much back breaking work it is to raise your own fruits, vegetables, and livestock. I don’t even want to talk about felling timber, bucking it up to dry properly, then splitting it for the fire place.
I retired 7 years ago to my small farm, and now I work about 14 to 16 hours a day, EVERY DAY.
Don’t get me wrong; I love what I am doing now, and wouldn’t trade it for any wage job on earth.
But it ain’t for pussies, the weak, or anybody without a lot of self motivation.