Do you know how to set up a greenhouse, grow herbs, pluck a chicken, and properly train an animal? PioneerSettler serves of a list of 133 Homesteading Skills for the Modern Day Homesteader along with links to information and resources that will help you master these skills. Some of these skills are ones that you’d obviously…
Our gas grill recently reached the point where it was more blowtorch than barbecue. We figured it was time to pony up for a new outdoor cooker. But face it, a barbecue is a pretty simple machine. Not much more than a bucket with fire inside. So why not fix the old one? The first…
Every other year or so I start out with good intentions to try and get a garden going. Now, thanks to Cool Tools maybe I have a shot of making it actually work. John Cowling’s review of the All New Square Foot Gardening highlights a back-to-basics approach that reminds me of Alan Chadwick’s work at…
The first time I had sashimi, on our honeymoon, I was afraid I would commit some terrible culinary faux pas. Turns out I was right…I’ve been a sushi blunderer all my life. Via Swiss Miss (view their comments for more etiquette tips!)
Where do you go after winning the Miss Outdoors beauty contest? If you’re Dakota Abbot, the 2008 winner of the Miss Outdoors crown, you go back to your first love – skinning muskrats. “The first cut is crucial – you have to pinch the fur at the hind legs and cut straight into that meaty…
All Climbing is reporting that Cliff Bars are recalling their peanuty-good energy snacks. (See the complete list at All Climbing.) This is on the heels of a widespread peanut butter recall following a salmonella outbreak, which applies to peanut butter that is inside other foods but not to peanut butter itself. The kind you get…
