The day was January 2, 2014. I stopped by a friends house after work to visit, and pick up some goodies he had for me. The temperature was 84 degrees. (if it makes you feel any better, as I write this, less than 24 hours later, it is about 48 degrees!) My friend, Jim, putters […]
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Gardening
Current setup: Five raised beds with automatic waterers set to go off three times a day. Three self-watering boxes, “Earthbox” style, that I made myself Worm composter All compostable scraps put into the current “fallow” bed for the chickens to process. Raised bed and self-waterer contents: All have a mixture of composted horse manure and […]
FloridaHillbilly 25 Years Later – Where is He now?
Ok. I know it has only been a bit over a year…but SO much can happen in the amount of time….it FEELS like its been 25 years. I was told by a good friend that if I didn’t slow down, I would burn out. I laughed at him, telling him I’ll ALWAYS be full of BS…and […]
Food at Your Feet: Wild Onions
This is about a little adventure my wife and I had during our recent trip to West Virginia. I need to set the stage for this one. Stick with me long enough, and you’ll understand the where and why of it all. The more I write, the more I realize the punchline isn’t the important […]
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Rule Of Threes
In survival training, many instructors refer to the “Rule of Threes”. Here they are, as taught to me by Hank, of Green Earth Survival School:
Everglades Tomatoes Seeds Update – March 2014
UPDATE April 2014: Due to the high demand and ungratefulness of some, I will no longer be offering free seeds. I spent hours of my own time and took food out of my family’s mouth (literally), only to have people bitch and complain about the speed of my free service. No more. I will be […]
Free books! Quail Q&A, and other tidbits from Floridahillbilly
Today’s article was brought to you by the generous folks over at Hides.com. Go check out their great line of “Multifunction Eyewear Necessities”, and tell them FloridaHillbilly sent you! Today I am updating everyone on a few changes here at FloridaHillbilly.com, as well as answering some quail questions that came in last week. First, I’m […]
Community Gardens
Do how does a guy that has no use for organized sports end up driving 4 hours just to spend three days watching a team he doesn’t like play against another team he doesn’t like? The same way he ends up staying in a state he didn’t care much for, only to start a self […]
Improving Soil
This is a follow-up from yesterday’s post, DIY Self Watering Containers. When I first started gardening here in Florida, the sugar sand had me beat. Too loose to hold anything, it would take many tons of organic matter to improve just my back yard. I eventually opted to use raised beds, and make my own […]