I was stumbling around Green Deane’s forum, and ran across a post regarding pirogues, or flat bottom canoes made famous in Cajun country. It brought back memories of one I built during some down time right after a hurricane hit us, and we were sitting around waiting for civilization to get started back up.
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Paleo Mole Crab Poppers or “With Baited Breath”
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
New Plants from Cuttings (Malabar Spinach)
I purchased three Malabar Spinach plants at a plant sale back in early June, and as I mentioned before, we really like it. But even with it’s fast growth rate, we eat it faster than it grows. So i wanted more
Great Ideas
A “great idea” pictorial to start the week off….
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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 […]
A Random Tuesday
Spent most of last night working on a Kindle hack/repair, so don’t have much to write about other than what I took up all of my evening (it’s 1am as I write this, having just finished with my project outlined below). I purchased a used, working Kindle off of Craigslist, a Kindle Keyboard, with WiFi, […]
Summer crops for coastal South Florida, Zone 9B / 10A – Intro
I grew up in the mountains of West Virginia with rich, fertile soil. We also had seasons that included frost, a definite garden killer for most plants. Now that I live 1000 miles south (1005 miles to be exact, at least driving miles) of the farm I grew up on, I have to deal with the […]
Hurricane Prep, Day 4 – Happy Wife, Happy Life!
Tonight, while making dinner, the wife and I got into a discussion that was heading into argument. I realized it was a no-win, and acquiesced (to the Dallas hillbilly, that means I caved in). Shifting gears to not think about the conversation, I started to try, yet again, to come up with today’s post. And the answer […]
Day 2 of Hurricane Prep Week – “The Storm is coming, what do we do?”
So there is a hurricane brewing off shore, and there is a decent chance that it may hit you. Other than starting to stress, what should you do ? Like all good directions, that depends on
Chinese Rope Trick
One of life’s mysteries. Check it out: