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How to Make Olive Brine for Dirty Martinis
Over Father’s Day Weekend, I had the opportunity to share some of my kitchen magic that I’ve developed over the years with…
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Manatee Steaks – Finally!
Over the weekend, my family and I made a road trip 4 hours west to Tampa in order to visit some friends…
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Rabbit Milk Cheese
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The M44 Mosin Nagant
I had the pleasure of firing a piece of history last weekend, the Mosin Nagant M44. I wanted to list a few…
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DIY Small Scale Artillery – A Black Powder Cannon
My father, “Pops”, was a welder by trade, as was his father. Both did far more than just weld, being from the…
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Revisiting an Old Friend – Home built Wooden Pirogue (Cheap Canoe)
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…
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How to open green coconuts for water
One of the safest sources of both food and water found across most of the tropics is the coconut. Living along the…
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Coturnix Quail for Homesteaders
I’ve had a bit of interest over the last few weeks regarding quail as a backyard meat source. I thought I’d dust…
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Muscovy Ducks – Yard to Table
For the faint of heart, and/or the vegans. Be warned that this post includes descriptions and video of animals being dispatched for…
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My next project: Canned mullet (Part 1, The Plan)
(This one goes out to Mike & Shawn – one will laugh with me, the other will laugh at me) In a…
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Browse all articles →How to Make Olive Brine for Dirty Martinis
Over Father’s Day Weekend, I had the opportunity to share some of my kitchen magic…
Building a Simple Quail Cage
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The Everglades Tomato
UPDATE April 2014: Due to the high demand and ungratefulness of some, I will no…
Dehydrators – A Self Reliance Tool
I was looking for a subject tonight, and realized I’d never written about my dehydrators,…
Revisiting an Old Friend – Home built Wooden Pirogue (Cheap Canoe)
I was stumbling around Green Deane’s forum, and ran across a post regarding pirogues, or…
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