Archives for Food
Making the Other Syrups; Birch, Walnut and Sycamore
We aren't all fortunate enough to live in a grove of maple trees from which we can tap our own maple syrup, but did you know that there are other…
Cucumber Gardening Made Easy
One of the easiest and most rewarding ways to grow cucumbers is in a raised bed system. Not just any old system but a cinder block garden. This garden system…
Easy Home Made Fruit Leather
Those dried, chewy strips of fruit found in the snack and health isle of your grocery store are an excellent replacement for candy bars but command a premium price. Ironic…
Hunting Season Around the Corner; Understanding & Appreciating Venison
Depending on your region and hunting technique, hunting season for deer and some other large game is just around the corner (a few weeks to a couple months). While I…
Not Just A Pretty Face; Harvesting and Processing Rose Hips
Roses can do more than grace our landscapes and floral designs. Like its cousins the apple, pear, peach and cherry, roses produce a fruit. Rose Hips are a valuable source…
Curing Meat The Old Fashioned Way for Seasonal Preservation
Curing was a widely used method of preserving meat before the days of refrigeration. Both Salt and Sugar (as well as combinations of both) have been used to cure meat…
WAPA’s Low Cost 24 Hour Emergency Ration Kit
WAPA is the Western Australian Police Academy. They regularly train their members in outback survival as well as share preparedness and training information with the general public. These ration packs…
Rustling the Longhorn Weed: Vegetarian Dandelion Burgers
Whether at home or in the backcountry, there’s one weed everyone can recognize at 100 yards: the dandelion. Lawn and golf course caretakers across the country try to stem this…