We live in a multi-family townhouse row, and the North 40 inches is between the patios in front of the air conditioner units. There's a community garden area in our suburban city, but it's not convenient to haul equipment. Our complex and unit has a community pond (retention pond out front in which live fish, turtles, and which is visited by other waterfowl and large birds, but, unfortunately, prey birds as well.) On the pond live some, less than a dozen, domestic ducks, non-flying white Pekins like Aflac (4) and some mixed (5) Black Swedish and Rouen that live on the pond and free-range and eat our healthy offerings twice a day. Even made a winter "duck hut" with the blessings of management. I do get some fresh eggs this time of year if I go out searching for them before a female goes all "broody," but then we need to help rescue and release some babies some years (they are not good parents); perhaps some are to be expected this week or next. It's not all rosey; predator nocturnal animals, humans, and cars have taken out some.
Sure would love to homestead/mini-farm. We'd have that pony, for sure. I'd make it a miniature mini-farm, hahaha! I've always been a city girl but attracted to nature. I sure wish I'd had the good sense to change that earlier in life when I had the energy to give it a go.
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