I had a batch of wine that the wife just didn’t like. She’ll pull punches on me and go ahead and drink some of what I make, even though its not a big hit with her, either out of kindness or pity, I’m still not sure. But this batch was just plain old BAD. If […]
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I Tried Using Cast Nets for Food, Not Bait
I went to the beach this morning to try my hand at cast-netting some dinner. (Green Deane made it sound easier than I found it to be.) A cast net is a round net with a collar in the center of it, a heavy line stitched to the perimeter, and lines running from the perimeter through […]
INTRUDER ALERT! or “About last night….”
Had a bit of a scare last night. As the wife and I were laying in bed, her asleep, I was reading, I heard a slight noise at the door the opens to the back yard off of our bedroom. As I listened, it grew into a thumping sound, like someone knocking, trying to scare us.
Salt – An Over-looked long term storable and Brining 101
I gave a whole rabbit to SB a week or so ago, and he let me know a few days later that he ended up smoking it whole – something I’ve not yet tried, but wanted to do. One of the things that I was concerned with is that rabbit, being a rather lean meat (but not […]
My take on “Rabbit starvation”
Stumbling around, I came across a very nice website called The Wannabe Homesteader, and found some great info about starting tomatoes. The next day’s post was about rabbits, specifically, Why Rabbit Meat is Not The Best Survival Food. The author raised the question, “..should a person include rabbit meat as a back-up plan for survival situations? […]
Summer crops for coastal South Florida, Zone 9B / 10A – Alternates
I called this one “Alternates” since I have several other plant options for summer gardening in south Florida, but they aren’t as important to me (yet?), though I may have grown, or am growing them now.
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
Mangrove Snapper Ceviche
I went fishing on my birthday for two reasons – To go fishing to relax, and to hopefully make some fresh ceviche! Ceviche is pretty close to a fresh salsa that includes a citrus fruit juice (high acid) with raw fish added that become chemically cooked (not as bad as it sounds) I whip up […]
Bamboo SCORE!
I received an email from a friend last week regarding my search for bamboo. Her significant other, Scott, owner & operator of “Chomp’n Grass Landscape Design & Maintenance” (772- 209-1729), had a line on some bamboo for me. He called me the next day, and we arranged to meet Friday morning. Scott is the guy […]
Dried Chili Lime Papaya Chips
If you recall the volunteer papaya tree I mentioned before, you’ll realize its been quite a while since it first sprouted. In fact, its now been long enough to start harvesting 4-5 pound fruits from it 🙂 I’ve been working on an aquaponics system (a future post, I’m sure) that actually sits underneath this tree, […]