I’m going to open with “any improvement is still improvement.” I didn’t get as much done as I wanted đ I spent time in the garden today, it only took three hours of bushwhacking to get to my northernmost bed. I seriously need to do something about all the wireweed growing out there. Maybe 1-800-Rent-a-Goat? […]
Category: how-to
You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But You Can’t Make Them THINK
…or maybe I should say “mule”. Try all you will to change someone’s thoughts or beliefs, and you fail almost every time. Why is that? Maybe some folks just don’t get it…. …or do they? Human nature is predictable about 99% of the time in regards to
Low cost dishwasher detergent (and a bonus Easy Fruit Leather recipe)
Riding on yesterday’s post, I’m following with the recipe I used to make a batch of powdered detergent for our dishwasher (the appliance, not the wife). As I read her this opening line, she smirked and replied, “Speaking of dishwashing detergent, we need some more.” I guess that means it, too, was a success. If […]
Low cost laundry soap
Walking through our local big box bulk store, I starting having fits thinking about spending $40 on a couple months worth of soap for clothes and dishes. I was about to go in for surgery, and would be out of work (no pay) for at least a couple weeks, so was stressing about cutting costs. I had […]
Visiting Green Earth Survival School
Back in March, I had another opportunity to help out with the 2 Day Basic Survival Course at Green Earth Survival School. The course covers Shelter, Water Purification, Lost-Proofing, Signalling, Map & Compass usage, a nature walk to identify currently available edible and useful plants, and my personal favorite and one of my obsessions, Primitive […]
The Vinegar Experiment
I had a batch of wine that the wife just didn’t like. She’ll pull punches on me and go ahead and drink some of what I make, even though its not a big hit with her, either out of kindness or pity, I’m still not sure. But this batch was just plain old BAD. If […]
Post-Op Ramblings…
I’m feeling much better today, able to move around with a lot less pain. Now to get back into a more “regular” sleep pattern. I’ve been sleeping most days and up most nights for the last few days, throwing off everyone’s daily routine. My posts have been irregular at best, and I’m feeling like getting […]
On my todo list: Recreational Shrimping
For Florida: Recreational Shrimping Regulations Bag Limit: Individuals can take 5 gallons, heads on, per harvester per day. Possession limit of no more than 5 gallons, heads on, per vessel at any time regardless of the number of persons onboard. I’ve gone fishing, set trotlines, jug fishing, clamming, spearfishing, lobstering, seining, turtling (for freshwater ones not […]
I Tried Using Cast Nets for Food, Not Bait
I went to the beach this morning to try my hand at cast-netting some dinner. (Green Deane made it sound easier than I found it to be.) A cast net is a round net with a collar in the center of it, a heavy line stitched to the perimeter, and lines running from the perimeter through […]
Vacuum sealing shortcut
In one of the forums at TheSurvivalPodcast.com, I saw an entry stating you can use FoodSaver’s FreshSaver pump on a FoodSaver wide mouth or regular mouth jar sealer, with no need for the hose, and more importantly for me, no need to dig out our full-sized FoodSaver vacuum sealer. “So what”, you say?