Urbanstead Update March 2013

It’s been a while so I thought I’d update whats going on in my urban backyard “farm”. I like to write these out from time to time to show you what I’ve accomplished, as well as to track where I’ve been. My memory isn’t what it used to be, so this works well as a […]

Questions and Answers Feb 2013

Today, I ‘m doing a Q&A session with some of the many questions I get. Today, I’m covering whittling, food, and rabbit questions. Feel free to drop me a line at: db at floridahillbilly.com and I’ll answer your questions, and possibly include it in a future article. Here we go! Spoon Carving Questions: Tim – […]

Revisiting My choice in animals for “Urbansteading”

This is a repost of one of my first articles. I’ve gotten a lot of questions as to why I’ve chosen these, so thought I’d repost it to get it out there again.   Living 5o feet from another family makes certain choices VERY important. Your TV volume, height of your fence, amount of clothing […]

DIY Bird Plucker

My Muscovy ducks have grown out to the appropriate size, so it’s time to start harvesting.  If you’ve seen my post,  Muscovy Ducks – Yard to Table, you saw just how long it took me to pluck one…over 45 minutes! Mind you, it was the first bird I’d plucked in over 20 years, but even […]

December 2012 Update

Lots of things are happening here at FloridaHillbilly.com! Just as I’m out of the woods from my hernia surgery, I get a nasty bout of kidney stones, and dealing with another one as I write this

What to do with thirty Quail Eggs

My quail are getting up to speed in the egg laying, with the 5 hens giving me 4-5 eggs a day for the last week. This adds up quickly when we are usually eating the chicken eggs (now that I’ve found the secret egg-laying lair). Since quail eggs are much smaller than a chicken egg, […]