I recently went back to my roots in West Virginia, visiting there for the first time since I started FloridaHillbilly.com. I stayed with friends from high school, folks that have consistently proven themselves to be worthy of that short list of folks that you know you can call at 3am when you need bailed out, […]
Category: animals
Rule Of Threes
In survival training, many instructors refer to the “Rule of Threes”. Here they are, as taught to me by Hank, of Green Earth Survival School:
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 off the topic and put another article together covering the ins and outs of raising Coturnix quail, particularly in an urban setting. It is a rather long article, but still not as detailed […]
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 from my high school days back in West Virginia. It seems I am far from the only West Virginia hillbilly living in Florida…(and definitely far from the only hillbilly, or at least down-home […]
Five Reasons I Grow My Own Food
I’d like to go over my five reasons I try to grow my own food, or at least as much food as I am able to squeeze into my already hectic life. It all started when one of my daughters was 5 years old, we noticed she was developing girly parts significantly faster than we […]
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 […]
The Value of Backyard Protein
I’ve often been asked what price I’d charge for the rabbits, quail, ducks, or chickens I raised in my backyard. I’ve done some rough estimations on what I have invested in each animal, but the number of variables staggers me. Do I include electricity used to pump the water for the automatic waterers?Should I put […]
Meat Rabbit Q&A
Check out my Free Rabbit Breeding Calendar I receive a lot of emails every day regarding the stuff I write about. While I like to help out, I don’t consider myself an expert, just someone that, Like Edison, has already learned a few ways things DON’T work. So in spreading my personal knowledge, I thought […]
Harvesting Quail
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! Today I’m finally posting my quail how-to video. I’ve written about it before, but I never could task anyone into holding the camera while I went […]
What I’m Doing Today to Prepare for a Failing Government
Today’s article is brought to you by Stacey’s Tasties. They offer a long lists of canned jams and jellies, including my personal candied jalapeno recipe. She sells out quickly, but is always making more….drop her a line to see what she has in stock…and tell her Florida Hillbilly sent ya! And yes, she ships! I […]