Check out my Free Rabbit Breeding Calendar The only thing better than having a good friend with a smoker, is have TWO good friends with a smoker. Last week, my buddy SB and I were talking, and I mentioned that I had a bunch of rabbits to harvest. He offered to smoke some for me, […]
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Interview at InTheRabbitHole.com
Today I’ll be talking instead of writing. I was recently interviewed by the great folks over at InTheRabbitHole.com, Aaron and Jason. Here is their post regarding my interview: Episode 101: The Season II Finale by AARON FRANKEL on MAY 12, 2013 in URBAN SURVIVAL PODCAST EPISODES Episode 101: The Season II Finale [ 1:23:41 | 38.81 MB Hide Player | Play […]
Home Canning – Your First Batch, Strawberry Jam
This is the final entry in my Home Canning series. I cannot stress how simple the whole process is, how little extra equipment you need, how much money you save on the end product, or how much better quality and taste is of the final product. I am able to only come up with one […]
Home Canning – Sources for Items to Can
Not everyone has an acre of garden beds producing bushels of produce daily, or pastures for cows, goats, pigs or any other living protein source. Some of use are living in town with barely enough room for a small bed of basil… Where do we find quality foods to preserve via canning? Honestly, there are […]
Getting Started With Home Canning – Safe Recipe Sources
I mentioned yesterday about “sources for safe recipes”, because unfortunately, the Internet is full of fools writing anything they they misheard as a kid is fact. And in canning, that can lead to very devastating results. Another source is old family recipe’s handed down from generation to generation. Yes, they have sentimental value…but are they […]
Home Canning – The Processing Options (Part 2)
This is Part 2 in my Simple Steps to Getting Started Canning series. (Click here for yesterday’s post, Part 1) Today, I’ll go over the types of safe processing, food types for each, and the reasons certain types of foods require different types of processing. As I said yesterday, one of the major concerns I […]
Intro to Home Canning
To me, canning is a phrase that conjures up memories of damp, dusty cellars full of the harvest from last year (or older) that was preserved at home for future use. Before the days of “just in time inventory” and shipping food across the entire planet, canning allowed a family to enjoy seasonal food all […]
Canning Corned Beef (Plus, a Corned Beef Hash Recipe)
(This is slightly modified from a post I made last week at InTheRabbitHole.com’ s forums. While I do post on lots of other forums, I call their forum “Home”, and end up posting a lot there. They have a tight-knit community established, and while they don’t have a massive number of registered users like some […]
Quail Links
Here are links to articles I’ve written regarding Quail, listed in chronological order, oldest to newest. My choice in animals for “Urbansteading” Birds (chickens, ducks, & quail) Thinking about Raising Coturnix or Pharoah Quail? What to do with thirty Quail Eggs Revisiting My choice in animals for “Urbansteading” Coturnix Quail (Yes, Again!) Backyard Egg Options […]
Refrigerator Pickles
I’m not a huge fan of store-bought pickles…anything that is processed tends to taste, well…processed. Once in a while I run across an honest to goodness, USDA-NOT approved fermented dill pickle, and I really enjoy them…but in this world of lawyers, guns, and money, not following the USDA’s guidelines can get you into a …*cough* […]