My first exposure to homeschooling was my senior year in high school. A new girl joined us at the beginning of the year, and when I got to know her, I found she was a local, and had been in the area her entire life. She, along with her siblings, had been home schooled. I […]
Category: self sufficiency
Learning to Garden – Basil
I want to start with this – I’m no professional. This is what works for me. And this is the point I want you to understand, you have to find out what works for you. The only way to do that is to try something. Thomas Edison, when queried by a reporter about the seemingly […]
Dehydrators – A Self Reliance Tool
I was looking for a subject tonight, and realized I’d never written about my dehydrators, though I’ve written many articles that included them as an important background player. The list of my articles that use a dehydrator includes: Drying and Storing Sweet Peppers Fire Roasted Coconut Dried Chili Lime Papaya Chips Making your own All […]
FloridaHillbilly – The Daily Process
I originally started writing this as a means of getting things off my chest. As I started to develop a few readers, I realized some of my BS was actually entertaining, possibly even educational. This has evolved into a
Long Term Storage for Spices
Went to Sams a while back, and picked up a cartload of spices. After getting them home, I realized I’d not be able to keep them long enough to get full use out of the containers, so I starting looking at options for breaking it down into smaller portions, or at least into a resealable […]
Muscovy Ducks – Yard to Table
For the faint of heart, and/or the vegans. Be warned that this post includes descriptions and video of animals being dispatched for food. If you don’t like the thought of facing your food, don’t bother to read any further. I’m not writing this to make friends, or enemies. I’m writing this because some folks want […]
Vinegar Experiment : Results!
Remember when I took a gallon of not-so-good homemade wine and tried turning it into vinegar? I didn’t for quite a while…in fact, I expected that from myself: “I like projects that thrive on neglect. I tend to forget about them for months at a time, a good thing when you are supposed to wait…this […]
Product Review: Hi Mountain Hickory Blend Jerky Kit and Making Dehydrator Jerky
Note: This product was purchased by me personally. No payment (or even contact) was made by the company, other than to state my order was received and the tracking info on the shipment. This is an unbiased, unpaid opinion. MY opinion. I was talking on the phone with BlueTang about jerky, as he had just […]
Rabbit Cages
Check out my Free Rabbit Breeding Calendar This is about the lessons I’ve learned from raising rabbits. Most of these are self-taught, and mostly due to doing things the wrong way the first time. And sometimes second. This is also timely for a couple of reasons. I’ve given out some rabbit samples to some co-conspirators […]