briarch - Honouree

briarch

Southeastern USA

Community, family, and self-reliance

almost 6 years ago

Squirrel hunting: from tree to table The tastiest wild game might by hopping by at a park near you. Squirrel offers a delicate white meat that has a savory, (no surprise) nutty

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almost 6 years ago

5 ways to use a roadkill beaver Do you pick up $20 bills on the side of the road? I sure do. Would you pick up a roadkill beaver? I would since it's the same value. I threw

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almost 6 years ago

Preparing new traps with speed dip We are busy with last-minute preparations for running the trap line in a few weeks. I bought new traps that still need preparation. The kids

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almost 6 years ago

Pre-season scouting for small and big game season We camped this weekend on public land to scout for animal sign and identify the final places for our trap line and small and big game opener

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about 6 years ago

DIY fermented eggs for trapping lure The leaves are beginning to fall, which means I am beginning to prepare for trapping season. With the 2020 collapse of the fur market(https:

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over 6 years ago

High intensity gardening, from spring into summer For the first year, I have tried to use all my garden in the spring and then turn it over for a summer garden. Typically, I plant a spring g

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over 6 years ago

Sick pullet, home remedies One of my COVID-19 panic buying chickens(

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over 6 years ago

Breaking free of smartphone addiction: free your mind, wallet, and autonomy I was a late adopter of the so-called smartphone. I didn't want to constantly be "available" but I was eventually persuaded by the mapping a

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over 6 years ago

Day 57 of self-isolation: the end of isolation, return to the world preps The last two months have been some of the most transformational of my life. After being furloughed, tomorrow I return to work at a new posit

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over 6 years ago

6 weeks into the season in the southeast: April garden This year, we are focusing on yield given our economic uncertainty. This means we decided to sharply narrow the kinds of vegetables we grow,

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over 6 years ago

Day 47 of self-isolation: How to begin your own sourdough starter I buy yeast in bulk every few years, freezing it in mason jars. So we still have quite a bit left, but with the yeast supply chain simply un

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over 6 years ago

A perfectly timed disaster: collapse of the North American fur industry The market for wild and ranch fur has been highly volatile over the last four centuries, with fortunes made and lost within a generation. It

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over 6 years ago

Day 43 of self-isolation: large increases in local food insecurity, potting up, sexing pullets I have continued to follow closely the COVID-19 fallout in the food supply business. Producers are getting killed. Many have few options to

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over 6 years ago

Day 35 of self-isolation: management of depredation on backyard chickens After losing almost our entire first flock to predators(

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over 6 years ago

Day 33 of self-isolation: repurposed chicken brooder, furlough, providence I originally intended this series to be a daily log. Going to into self-isolation, I didn't realize how hard I would working to take care of

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