I’ve mentioned that I have a bit of technical background before. I like electronics, and have been known to take broken items and refurb them to resell, and could easily leverage this into a decent part time business. Kindles, handheld GPSs, Palm pilots, and cell phones are some of the items I’ve been able to […]
Category: Planning
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
As a husband, a father, and a prepper, one of the driving forces for the things I do is to protect my family from hardships. From battery jump boxes in both vehicles in order to prevent my wife from being stranded, to having plenty of ammunition to kill the zombies if/when they show up, keeping […]
Backyard Farming and The Rogue Chicken
When my Everglades tomatoes were devastated by a wind storm and then the sprinkler system failing, I had to find replacement plants for my gardens. I ran across a local person selling plants for $5 each, so arranged a meeting to purchase four of them. When I arrived, the first thing I noticed was a […]
Back At It
As much as I needed to step away from FHB, the longer I stayed away, the harder it became to NOT write. Now that I’ve reached the end of my time away, I am struggling to get moving again. Linear seems to work for me, so I will roll back a few weeks to catch […]
Florida Urban Homestead Update Summer 2013
This is one of those boring “Here is what I am doing now” articles. Some folks enjoy them, others hatethem, but they set the tone for the regular readers, so if you are just passing through, the cliff notes version is this:
Preparing to be Prepared – Cleaning out the Freezer
I’ve been hearing rumors of a grass fed, free range beef deal that *might* be coming my way, and if the tales being told are true, I’m going to need some freezer space. I also have a line on a couple sources for wild hogs, another reason to have some freezer space available. While my […]
A (Not So) Dry Run (Tropical Storm Chantal)
I received a phone call from a life-long friend today. He called to check up on me, and to see if I was ready for the hurricane (his words, not mine). As simply replied with, “Oh, there’s a storm coming? What do You think?” This should tell you two things about me:
Stand Up Paddleboading
Last weekend was the first weekend in months that we didn’t have something planned (softball!) to keep us from enjoying the “local life”. Since we had the time available, we decided to spend the day playing in the river at a nearby sandy launch spot, and give paddleboarding a try. My wife has gone paddleboarding […]
Preparing for Old Age
Last night, Stephanie over at TheWannabeHomesteader.com wrote about her plan for when she reaches the age of needing assistance. Like me, she figures that in her marriage, the woman will outlive the man, so she expects to be around to help him in his late years. This is how I expect my life to be, […]