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: rabbits
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:
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Life (and Death) on the Homestead
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Back At It
Today’s article was brought to you by the fine folks over at Reef-Hunter.com. Go check out their great line of custom apparel, and tell them FloridaHillbilly sent you! (click to open a new page) As much as I needed to step away from FHB, the longer I stayed away, the harder it became to NOT […]
Problems with Automated Systems
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Florida Urban Homestead Update Summer 2013
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