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“That Crazy Neighbor!” I don’t think there could be a more fitting guest for episode 250 is a listener who reached out to me with a question and after a bit of prodding agreed to share his own expertise on a topic about sustainable living, eating locally, and growing your own food in the middle of Denver, Colorado! AGAIN~ I apologize, IDK what happened my mic is barely picking me up. So sorry :(( A fellow educator and self-proclaimed president of the Patti Armbrister fan club! Matthew will charm your hearts as he share’s his passion for eating edible weeds right out of your neighbor’s yard. A neighbor we all want living next door I know you will love this interview with Matthew! I always say that newer gardeners are great at remembering newer lessons. It’s kind of like when you first start teaching, new teachers sometimes can tell you more things that are new to you. Welcome to the OGP today! I’m super excited because I talked a listener to come on and share because he sounded like he already knew a lot. We even went to the University of Montana at different times but we’re both alumni! It’s an honor… that was the most flattering into I have had in my life! Let me mention I haven’t been on other podcasts, I called in once to a radio! Before you know it you’ll be hosting your own podcast. I never thought I would have a podcast, even after I joined my podcasting group, I still didn’t think I would have a podcast and I love it! Tell us a little about yourself. Well, I live in Denver, proper in the urban heart of it, I teach high school, but I’m mostly from Montana, we went to University of Montana, maybe at the same time but I think you were before me. I’m in Denver and I’m into super nutrition eating healthy! I know that’s true of a lot of people and I know in Denver there’s a lot of hipsters We’re a blue state through and through My wife and I and our family have a foot in two worlds, in some ways were fairly conservative Christian and on the other side we’re  into herbs and have opinions about organic that are too liberal for our conservative friends and other opinions about things for our liberal friends. So  it’s kind of fun place to be Can I share a short story? I think I’m a fairly normal dude I have short hair funniest description of me, last summer we decided we’d get chickens and there are dumpsters full of wood probably 50% of your listeners are driving to Denver as we speak, it’s an official statistic investing in our free wood in dumpsters all summer long, so I told my wife,  I’ll just build a chicken coop, it’s just a box and doesn’t need electricity.  Im not incredibly handy I would be running with my kids and scope out the dumpsters I would grab the pieces I want if they would fit, I didn’t have to take my car.  neighbor next door you are the example of that crazy neighbor the other neighbor who’s British, he says,  “Well do you have an example of a crazy neighbor?” I said no, He said, “Well I think you’ve found your answer.” (this comes out better listening to Matthew’s British accent imitation.) everything is poignant we did finish the chicken coop paid for some chickens It is legal up to 8, we had 6 all last year, we recently got two more!  its awesome having chickens in Denver! IDK why everyone doesn’t But lots of people come over they’re just blown away! I can see why would be but it’s actually kind of rare observe and rare and how easy it is they instantly eat all of our compost! In the summer we have Japanese beetles so my daughter and I go out there and catch them!  It seems like a lot of work, on an average 8 minutes a day! Most days it takes 2 minutes a day but some days you have to clean the pen every once and a while.  its fun having chickens in Denver Support this podcast