In the beginning...

...there were some cats and then a dog and then a turtle and now some chicks.

So what to do when the animals outnumber the humans?  Create a blog and take a walk on the humanside.

I have this insane desire to share all the interesting and not-so-interesting things that happen here at Nonsense Farm as we attempt to try our hand at a more sustainable living in the small bedroom community of a college town.  This blog will be about more than just sustainable living though.  It will also include all the domestic-type crafts that I attempt (with their good and bad).

This whole mess came about as a need to save some money by eating and living a little closer to home.  We already have some typical animals - 3 cats, 1 dog, 2 teenagers (the Wee Teen who is 13 and the Pre-Man who is 17).  I also inherited a mud turtle as a classroom pet.  He now lives in our bathroom.  I also have a horse that lives on a farm about 10 minutes from us.  A week ago, on a kinda whim, I told the Hus-Man that I found a place to get chickens - a breed that I had been reading about and that were also sexed, so we would know that we had 6 females and no roosters.  They were, although 2 hours away from us,  not too far out of the way of where I was headed for a dyeing day with friends.  Surprisingly, there was no argument.  We now have 6 3-week old chicks living in a recycling bin in our bathroom.  Let the adventure begin!