Updated the Gardening and Rabbits pages. I don’t always mention when I do, so check back often. Gardens are doing well and spring is well on its way. The mango tree is looking like it will be another bumper crop, as long as we don’t get any nasty wind like we did two years ago. […]
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How to open green coconuts for water
One of the safest sources of both food and water found across most of the tropics is the coconut. Living along the coast in zone 9b, I am well into the growing area for the multipurpose trees. I will try to
Attended Green Deane foraging class at Dreher Park
As you may have seen in a previous post, Green Deane, of www.eattheweeds.com offers foraging classes all across Florida. Since I grew up eating the weeds of West Virginia, attending his class wasn’t much of a jump to me, though some of the plants were alien to me at best, at least as far as […]
Quick post about an opportunity in South Florida this weekend
Let me start with this, I know I am a compulsive trickster, but this is NOT an April Fool’s joke. I will be attending, and hope some of you will also. “Green Deane” will be hosting a foraging class at Sunday, April 1st, Dreher Park, 1310 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach, 33405, 9 a.m. Cost is […]
How I use coupons to stock up on items we use
As you all should know by now, we live in hurricane country. Getting hit by one is not only possibly, its very likely. Add in the reactive nature of my work that results in weeks of no income, and stocking up for lean or hard times makes pretty good sense. Coupons are a smart way […]
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
Choices
As I wonder how I would like to see this blog evolve, I wonder about
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
Plans for 2012
The Mayans predict the end of the word, depending on who’s version of the spin you read. Even if it doesn’t, I’ve grown to believe that the only person or entity that really cares about my well-being is ME. So I try to keep as much control over my life as possible. This year looks […]
Whoami?
As I was typing out my plans for 2012, I realized you probably don’t know what I have currently, or what my homestead situation is. So here it goes. I’m married, two daughters at home, another married and on her own out of state.My wife, Elizabeth, works as an analyst with two weeks in her […]