With the recent string of attacks on our Second Amendment freedoms, the supply and demand model has reared it’s ugly head. With the possibility of removing or simply restricting our freedoms to own and use firearms, everyone that ever thought of getting a gun has come out of the woodwork and started a feeding frenzy. […]
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Kindle Books – Three For FREE!
Update 4 Apr 2013 11am : These things move FAST! The first two are already no longer free, unless you are an Amazon Prime member. Bummer. I’m a HUGE fan of the Kindle, and all eReaders for that matter. I fell in love with the Kindle’s readability, and since they are part of Amazon (this century’s […]
Rabbit Jerky
Check out my Free Rabbit Breeding Calendar I love my rabbits. They offer me therapy, handling them and working with them each day is soothing to me. They offer me some of the best manure I can find for my gardens, allowing me to make my great soil in my raised beds even better. And […]
My Bookshelf – The Ashley Book of Knots
There are a lot of self-sufficiency, survival, or homesteading books that I own. I wanted to start listing them, but won’t include books like “Stranger in a Strange Land” by Robert Heinlein, even though I’ve read it over a dozen times, and consider it to be a must-read. I will list each book one at […]
Reef Hunter
I’ve mentioned my friend SB several times. He and his family introduced me to spear fishing, a past time I’ve used to replace one of my old loves, hunting. SB has also impressed me with his smoked rabbit and reminded me of the value of brining before cooking. And since he was raised where
Canning Meat
As I sit here typing this out, I can hear the pressure canner merrily rattling along every twenty seconds or so. Pork butts and chicken thighs were on sale this week, and I took the opportunity to put some up the old-fashioned way, pressure canning it. I will go over the general process, but I […]
Kayak Fishing as a Prepper
Preparing for things is a part of all segments of my life. This is how not being prepared can ruin your day, but being prepared makes the uncomfortable into a non-issue. This is also a fish story, and as everyone should know, fisherman lie…so take this with a grain of salt. (But I promise it […]
Farm Update Feb 2013
I called this “Farm update” because “Backyard Update” just doesn’t have a nice ring to it. Plus it doesn’t look like a back yard…it looks like, well, a farm…a tiny, narrow, crowded farm. This has been a fairly busy week for me, and I just wanted to
.17HMR My Vote for the Ultimate Caliber
I went to the Sebastian Shooting Range Sunday, and only took a 9mm pistol, and a 17HMR Henry lever action rifle to shoot. I’d fired the pistol many times before, but never had the opportunity to do much shooting with the Henry. I very happy I took the time today to test it out. I […]
Questions and Answers Feb 2013
Today, I ‘m doing a Q&A session with some of the many questions I get. Today, I’m covering whittling, food, and rabbit questions. Feel free to drop me a line at: db at floridahillbilly.com and I’ll answer your questions, and possibly include it in a future article. Here we go! Spoon Carving Questions: Tim – […]