How to Save Tomato Seeds
How to Save Tomato Seeds Saving seeds from tomatoes is a little different than saving seeds from most vegetables. It is not…
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Vertical and Container Gardening is for Everyone
Vertical and container gardening is for everyone! From those of you who have never gardened a day in your life to the…
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Soul Searching
Yes, I have been doing a bit of soul searching this week. What is my vision for the future? Why am living…
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Preserving Fruits: Fig Preserves
Preserving foods has been essential to human life for thousands of years. Even nowadays, it is only natural to want to preserve…
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How to Cook Venison: Ten Tips from a Wild Game Chef
This post will tell you how to cook venison to perfection and so much more. I’ve gathered my best tips to help…
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How to Bake Bread in an Earthen Oven
Earthen Oven Part III-Making Bread I have been cooking like mad in my earthen oven and want to share with you one…
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Beekeeping for Beginners
Beekeeping for Beginners I wanted to post this fun short video of the steps to putting bees into your hive. It is…
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Momma Turkey Hen Hatches Baby Chicken
Momma Turkey Hen Hatches Baby Chicken and many lessons are learned. I am sitting on my front porch watching my turkey (hen) venture…
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Canning and Freezing Your Harvest
One of my fondest memories was walking into my Granny’s kitchen with the fresh vegetables cooking on the stove and the meat…
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When Braising Make Sure Your Temperature Is Low Enough
WHEN BRAISING MAKE SURE YOUR TEMPERATURE IS LOW ENOUGH Braising is a cooking technique in which the main ingredient is seared and…
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Look No Further for your Preparedness Survival Needs: Creek Stewart (Author) Is Here!
Look no further for your preparedness survival needs. Creek Stewart’s books are all you need. After reading his books, I feel so…
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Turkey Season 2013
Turkey season 2013 was a little strange this year. We have land in Verbena, Alabama and in Grady, Alabama. Verbena is at…
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Planting Peanuts for Deer, Dove, and Us
I grew up listening to my father’s hunting stories containing episodes of hunting deer around peanut fields in Pike County, Alabama. That…
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Visit With Friends at Mossy Oak
Yesterday our family had a blast visiting with our friends at Mossy Oak! Bobby Cole grew up in Montgomery where he went…
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It Won’t Be Long Now!
Finally the book is off the press and complete which means it’ll be on shelves before you know it! I couldn’t be more excited…
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Prepping for a Sustainable Spring
Spring always brings much anticipated work for those attempting to live the sustainable lifestyle. There is nothing as a family that we…
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Fried Turkey
Here is my Fried Turkey recipe for all of you who have harvested a turkey. This recipe works well with organic turkeys…
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How to Clean Beehives After an Attack of Wax Moths
Beekeeping is so rewarding and yet at times, so stressful. It is easy enough to start and maintain beehives during the honeymaking…
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IT IS “WORTH A GRAIN OF SALT”
COOKING TIP: To remove all “gamey” taste of venison, soaking it in a brine of salty water will remove all the blood…
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Field to Table Column in Living Ready Magazine by Stacy Harris
I have a new column in the Living Ready Magazine called Field to Table. I am looking forward to sharing what I…
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Substitutions for Wildgame
Substitutions for Wildgame. Many of you have asked me to get together a list of substitutions for the wild game in my…
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Through the Eye of the Fishing Pole
Many of life’s lessons can be learned through the eye of the fishing pole. I spent the day observing the kids while…
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Using Fresh Herbs and Pairing them with Foods
Using fresh herbs and pairing them with foods is not a recent question, but one that has existed throughout the ages….
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Chili Cocoa Crusted Venison with Berry Reduction
Chili Cocoa Crusted Venison with Berry Reduction is by far one of my favorite ways to cook the venison tenderloin. The acid…
