The other day I was talking to a friend who lives in one of the Rocky Mountain states. It seems that they have an unusual heavy influx of voles this year. These voles have killed …
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Delicious and good for you The other day while out looking for edible plants, I came across some cones from the digger pines, also sometimes called gray pines. These cones were still intact and had …
First let me put in the disclaimer, I believe bird hunting with a fishing line and hooks is probably illegal in all 50 states. The only conditions under which I would ever recommend that you …
In the area in which I live, there is a large population of poisonous snakes, namely rattlers. They are good in the sense that they consume large numbers of rodents that cause other problems. Personally, …
I have had a bike sitting in a corner of my garage for some time, since I no longer ride. It is something that I have been reluctant to get rid of because I always …
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As we get older, we start to develop different physical complaints. Now some of these can affect our lives if we let them. For instance, both my wife and my father still like to garden, …
Yesterday I posted an article on how to hide your gardens from prying eyes. Part of the premise of the article was that today, many people cannot recognize one plant from another. Most people have …
Here is an article written by my friend Ed showing how to make a good fire starter from cotton balls Vaseline. You will notice that he refers to them as PJCB (petroleum jelly and cotton …
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I have some cottonwood trees growing on my property, including one that is almost dead. This got me to wondering whether or not they had any good uses for preparedness. I have always considered them …
A friend of mine recently tried straw bale gardening and had a dismal failure. This caused him to do a bit of research and he found an article in the current (January/February 2016) issue of Backwoods …
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