Why do I hunt, fish, garden, farm, etc? Partially because I like to eat! Here is what I did after a spearfishing trip to turn a raw products into some
Category: self sufficiency
Spearfishing the Treasure Coast
(Please keep in my this is my take on the sport, and I’ve only done it twice. This is not a how-to on spearfishing, as I’m a novice. This is an alternative method of procuring food, one of the reasons I do this blog.) Fishing and hunting have been passions of mine for over three […]
Camping, Treasure Coast style
Spring Break for our county schools effectively started Thursday as school ended, and the early-birds would be starting their weekend then. So we opted to start ours at noon on Thursday for a long weekend of primitive camping on a
Drying and Storing Sweet Peppers
I like peppers, both sweet and hot. I have found a local green grocer, Rorabecks that sells a small sweet peppers that I like to put up for long term storage. And while they end up with a VERY long shelf life when put up this way, even this nine pound batch won’t last more […]
Knife Sharpening the easy way
In my post reviewing the Mora Companion knife, I mentioned the Smith Abrasives 2-Step Knife Sharpener. From the Manufacturer Smith’s 2-Step Knife Sharpener features
More than just Dirt
Worked in the garden today. Had to get those seedlings I purchased earlier this week into the ground! As I was prepping the beds for their new residents, I noticed how
My Eggstrordinary Girls
I currently have four chickens, but the two pictured above are rather special to me, not because
To Build a Fire
My wife, Liz, is game. She joined the class back when I assisted in teaching at Green Earth Survival School (GESS), and found how empowering it is to be able to
My choice in animals for “Urbansteading”
Living 5o feet from another family makes certain choices VERY important. Your TV volume, height of your fence, amount of clothing to wear in your back yard, and what animals you can raise without causing
Why grow your own food?
When one of my daughters was 5 years old, we noticed she was developing significantly faster than we thought she should be. Our pediatrician tested her and found