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The Natural Philosopher[_2_] · 04-06-2010, 08:04 PM posted to uk.d-i-y,uk.rec.gardening

wrote:
On Jun 3, 11:36 pm, Tim Watts wrote:
On 03/06/10 22:42, Frank Erskine wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:16:11 +0100, Tim wrote:

You really need dairy even if you
don't eat the cow (well, not until it's getting past it). I suppose a
goat would be an more manageable option for milk. And I can't see how
you could survive without some hens (eggs and meat).

FWIW, I'm vegetarian but not vegan and while I don't take milk
(preferring the soya alternative), I eat eggs and various foods that
contain milk products. The reasons I don't want to keep livestock
include wanting to minimise the extent to which officialdom may poke
its nose in, and also because I've still got a lot to learn about
agriculture! :-) However my wife may be able to persuade me at some
point that having a cow would be worthwhile to supply milk for cheese-
making...

Goats easier for amateurs, and don't need grass: will browse all sorts
of crap and turn it into 'interesting' lactates.

Just don't feed them newspaper or silage..

Michael