If you didn’t know, I’m what you’d call a “prepper”. But I find it amusing that what I grew up doing now has a trendy label. Its not like my parents were tinfoil hat wearing paranoids. Far from it. We put food up for the future because it simply made sense. You can’t grow green […]
Month: January 2013
Sinus Buster in Action
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Sinus Buster. I didn’t have footage of anyone trying it out, until recently. My teenage daughter had a headache the other night, so I offered her some Sinus Buster, telling her it would cure her headache. She was willing to try it and let me video it as […]
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 […]
Hickory Bark Syrup
My step father has family in Canada that makes maple syrup on a commercial basis. Every year, I get a can or two from my mother. I love the stuff. Unfortunately, there aren’t many maple trees in Florida, and whose never really have the weather to get a true sap run to enable us to […]
Countertop Mushrooms
Last weekend on Saturday morning, the wife and I hit another local green market, located in Ft. Pierce. It’s broken into two sections, crafts and edibles. We blazed through the crafts, but took our time in the edibles section. The selection of both was fantastic, but the food section was what we were there to […]
Product Review: Jar-Z Custom Koozies for Mason Jars
I was hanging out with SB over the summer when I had a great idea for a product -an insulated Mason jar holder! I drink from Mason jars all the time, only here in Florida, condensation is ridiculous. An insulated jar cover would be great for a FloridaHillbilly. This was a genius idea! Only someone […]
Homeschooling, Day One or ‘How We Got Here’
My first exposure to homeschooling was my senior year in high school. A new girl joined us at the beginning of the year, and when I got to know her, I found she was a local, and had been in the area her entire life. She, along with her siblings, had been home schooled. I […]
Mammoth Basil
Writing yesterday’s article, and reading all of the comments, our household was inspired to put our lovely basil to good use for dinner tonight. In particular, I received quite a few comments regarding the Mammoth variety of my basil. So today, I’ll be expanding a bit on what to do with your basil once you […]
Learning to Garden – Basil
I want to start with this – I’m no professional. This is what works for me. And this is the point I want you to understand, you have to find out what works for you. The only way to do that is to try something. Thomas Edison, when queried by a reporter about the seemingly […]
Dehydrators – A Self Reliance Tool
I was looking for a subject tonight, and realized I’d never written about my dehydrators, though I’ve written many articles that included them as an important background player. The list of my articles that use a dehydrator includes: Drying and Storing Sweet Peppers Fire Roasted Coconut Dried Chili Lime Papaya Chips Making your own All […]