Running on a major tangent from yesterday’s gator hunt story, I wanted to cover preserving “Alligator Apples”, or avocados. Green black or or brown skinned, they make a fantastic dip when turned into guacamole, and are mighty tasty addition as foo-foo dressing for sandwiches when added as slices. Rich in GOOD fats, they are a […]
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Gator Hunting
I’ve done my share of hunting over the years. I started with squirrels, then on to rabbits and the elusive grouse. Eventually I graduated to groundhogs, deer and turkeys. (I put groundhogs in that category because of the longer shots needed on some of those pesky little hole-diggers.) But I’ve never hunted a dinosaur before. […]
Backyard Farming and The Rogue Chicken
When my Everglades tomatoes were devastated by a wind storm and then the sprinkler system failing, I had to find replacement plants for my gardens. I ran across a local person selling plants for $5 each, so arranged a meeting to purchase four of them. When I arrived, the first thing I noticed was a […]
Back At It
As much as I needed to step away from FHB, the longer I stayed away, the harder it became to NOT write. Now that I’ve reached the end of my time away, I am struggling to get moving again. Linear seems to work for me, so I will roll back a few weeks to catch […]
How To Bake Potatoes Without Heat
I’ve mentioned before that I eat based on the Paleo Diet/Lifestyle. White potatoes are a not an option for me, as they contain saponins. Sweet potatoes do not. Sweet potatoes also grow like wildfire in my poor sandy soil, and love heat, another thing I have plenty of. So today, I’m going to show you […]
Problems with Automated Systems
I won’t sugar coat it, I am a lazy person by nature. I even taught myself to sleep standing up, the only way it was told it allowed while in my tech school in the military. The training instructor was NOT happy when I pulled it off, so the rules changed again. Sometimes I work […]
Lights Out! NOW!
There are so many things our kids (and ourselves!) take for granted these days. How many people do you know under the age of 50 that do NOT have internet access? I know one, and even he goes to the library from time to time to check in online. How about a house without a […]
Learning Wild Edibles
I was working with BlueTang today, and at the location where we were working, there was some Blue Porterweed growing. Always looking to one-up each other, and one of my favorite foodie buddies, I asked, “Have you ever eaten one of the flowers?” “Why the hell would I do that?” was his obvious response. “They […]
Florida Urban Homestead Update Summer 2013
This is one of those boring “Here is what I am doing now” articles. Some folks enjoy them, others hatethem, but they set the tone for the regular readers, so if you are just passing through, the cliff notes version is this:
Water Quality: Ichetucknee Springs vs. The St. Lucie Estuary
I am almost too tired to be writing this, I had so much fun over the last four days. My wife’s family have a tradition of spending a long weekend riding tubes down the Ichetucknee River ever summer. In the 17 years that I’ve known her, we’ve only missed one year….and that was only so […]