I love to fish, it’s a serious distraction to me. And while I try to learn as much as possible, I’ve grown to understand that they call it “fishing” rather than “catching” for a reason. I was fishing late one evening about 18 years ago with my oldest daughter, catching small
Posts in the animals category:
Creepy Crawlies or “Cheryl’s Nightmare”
This week, we had a couple visitors worth mentioning, proof that even when you live in town, the wilderness can still be right at your doorstep. I’ve mentioned Zach several times, as he is a kindred spirit, and he thinks some of the oddball things I do are interesting. Everyone has a fan or two 🙂 However, […]
Cooking with Canned Rabbit, or “How does it REALLY taste?”
Yesterday I wrote about canning rabbit. Today, I’ll cover what it actually tasted like, and what I did with the first jar I opened. As I mentioned before, the smell while it was processing was VERY
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Canning rabbit
I’ve had a VERY productive year raising my New Zealand/AlTex cross meat rabbits. Not that I should be surprised, they ARE rabbits. And since I’ve packed my tiny freezer full of rib eye steaks, I’m kind of low on available storage for animal protein. A perfect chance to try out the same method of preserving […]
Life is Good Today
Went to work in the midst of a stalled tropical storm. The job was located in a gated golf community, NOT my favorite place to be. Job didn’t pan out either. Lovely. Gray skies mirrored m attitude. Bleh.
Making your own All Meat Dog treats
Man’s best friend. If you are a dog person, you understand this phrase. (If you are a cat person, why are you even here? You should be in therapy NOW!) Until last year, I had been without a dog in my life for almost two decades, and I thought that was OK. Since adding Muse […]
Preventing chickens from flying (or jumping fences)
My chickens like to stray from time to time, jumping into the adjacent lot. Most times I don’t mind…much, but in truth, I’d prefer they’d just stay in the yard. I cannot afford a taller fence, so the next option is to eliminate the birds ability to clear a 4 foot fence. Since chickens are […]
‘There May Be Hope Yet’ Revisted or “Girls Hunting Squirrels”
This will be brief, as I don’t have much to add to this that wasn’t said in the content I received. I spoke before of the sisters that harvested the squirrel in their back yard. The younger of the two wanted to harvest her own squirrel, and has been prowling around since then. These pictures […]
Odd n Ends and Barter Tales
First, I lightly apologize for missing a post last Friday. I say lightly because I’m not doing this to impress anyone, I’m doing this as an outlet for my frustrations and as a form of therapy, as well as a log of sorts as to what I’m involved in. The apology part is for the […]
Attack of the Killer Tomato (worms)
On my rounds tonight, I found the tops of one of my cherry tomato plants was devoid of all leaves. My first thought was that the chickens or ducks cleaned were responsible, then I realized the damage was only at the top, 4 feet off the ground, and behind a fence. I quickly realized I […]