• _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Wouldn’t it be great if this was the impetus for people going back to raising animals and growing some of their food for themselves? Almost everyone has room for a garden, even if it’s just a window sill for some fresh herbs. And raising even some of your own food can save you a ton of money.

    Or you can take advantage of the rising egg prices to sell them for $9.99/dozen to your neighbors, whatever. Be the neighborhood eggpin. Lead your own fowl empire to dominance over the local Whole Foods.

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      I do this, but I swear I spend so much on potting soil, and containers (though now that I have enough that cost is taken care of) that I’m not sure it’s saving me anything. I’d love to plant into the ground but I’ve got hard soil so I’d have to rent a tiller and amend the soil for ages, which is also an additional cost. Still planning on planting tons of potatoes, various tomatoes, and an herb garden this spring. It’s an enjoyable hobby, but it is just that; a hobby. Those tend to be expensive, at least the ones I choose.

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        I’m pretty lucky where I live, my house used to be on the side of a lake, and the soil is very soft and easy to dig into. I’ve got a tiller attachment for my weed trimmer that I use to till the soil in the spring.

        But even if you don’t have good soil, you can still set up a hydroponics bay with whatever space you have available. It’s not too expensive to get started either. Probably less than you’ll spend on eggs these days. 😂

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    I can’t believe buying chickens actually saved me money, I just did it because I wanted chickens. I expected to pay more per egg (considering food and litter) because I don’t have economies of scale like the large producers do.

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    Anecdote: My Trumpster in-laws could not stop yacking about “Biden’s high eggs prices” just last month. Haven’t heard a peep about the price of eggs since Trump came back. Now it’s just “God’s will.”

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      Nows your chance to return the favour. Complain to her about how expensive eggs are now under Trump.

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    Conservatives don’t care. They’ll go into debt for Daddy Trump. That’s what cultists do for a cult leader.

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    Most groceries here don’t post prices online, but ……

    Boston Metro West - Amazon Fresh eggs from “Whole Foods”, not the cheapest grocery, $4.49/doz grade a large brown. My regular grocery is much cheaper than “Whole Paycheck” for most things.

    No taxes on food here, although Amazon Fresh has a delivery charge.

    I imagine the huge disparity of prices is that culling due to bird flu must be regional and our chickens must not be infected yet

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      It is definitely regional culling or outright infection and death of the birds. It jumped to a human in Louisiana. It killed him.

      Edit: I’m reading from CDC now and my info is old. There have been 61 reported cases that were not as serious. This might be another big one folks, with the entire government controlled by people who don’t believe in settled science.

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    I was wondering how many of my Denver neighbors were on lemmy. This is not the way I wanted to find them…

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      I was wondering why they were the only option, figured they were just the ones not hit by bird flu