Christmas is right around the corner, and of course New Year’s is right after that. Good old 20013 has almost come to a close. With the holiday season, most of us have a little down time. So instead of sitting around thinking about gnawing on another turkey and cranberry sandwich, or peeling off one more […]
Posts in the state of mind category:
animals, cooking, equipment, food preservation, how-to, meat, Paleo, self sufficiency, skills, state of mind
Hog Harvesting
First, let me tell you that this is NOT a “How-To”, it is simply an “I Got to” article. Also, this will include graphic details and pictures. This is about turning a live animal into food, start to finish. We took healthy animals, in an environment we controlled, and ended up with food we could […]
Veteran’s Day 2013
Here is my post on Facebook this morning, In typical military fashion, most of the country has off in celebration of Veterans day…while I, as a veteran, head off to work to do what needs to be done. Go buy a Vet a cup of coffee in thanks for defending your freedom to openly like […]
Apples, Flyspeck, Sooty Blotch, and Memories
Today’s article was brought to you by the fine folks over at Reef-Hunter.com. Go check out their great line of custom apparel, and tell them FloridaHillbilly sent you! (click to open a new page) While I was out of town for my most recent gator hunt, I had the opportunity to spend some time with […]
Life (and Death) on the Homestead
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! As a husband, a father, and a prepper, one of the driving forces for the things I do is to protect my family from hardships. From […]
animals, chickens, foraging, gardening, Muscovy ducks, Planning, plants, Quail, rabbits, state of mind
Back At It
Today’s article was brought to you by the fine folks over at Reef-Hunter.com. Go check out their great line of custom apparel, and tell them FloridaHillbilly sent you! (click to open a new page) As much as I needed to step away from FHB, the longer I stayed away, the harder it became to NOT […]
Preparing to be Prepared – Cleaning out the Freezer
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! I’ve been hearing rumors of a grass fed, free range beef deal that *might* be coming my way, and if the tales being told are true, […]
animals, attitude, cooking, equipment, gardening, Planning, prep list, self sufficiency, state of mind
A (Not So) Dry Run (Tropical Storm Chantal)
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! I received a phone call from a life-long friend today. He called to check up on me, and to see if I was ready for the […]
Repost: One Bad Day
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! Note: This is a repost of an article I wrote when I first started FloridaHillbilly.com. I’ve referred back to it multiple times, and feed it is […]
