Native American Cooking: Pemmican
Recipe for Pemmican, a hardy Native American survival food. This protein and fat based food is good for hunters, camping, backpacking or emergency food.
Ingredients for a Simple Life
Living Off The Land and Thriving with Self Sufficiency
Recipe for Pemmican, a hardy Native American survival food. This protein and fat based food is good for hunters, camping, backpacking or emergency food.
Discovering the herb Echinachea on my walk. Learn all about the health benefits of this beautiful flower native to North America.
A small flock of chickens can become a great living compost pile. And with new understandings of the superiority of grass-fed organic animal products, including higher Omega-3 fatty acids coming from the eggs of such animals, free range chickens are showing up again on organic small farms, backyard mini-farms, and even urban lots.
Humans have bred chicken breeds for thousands of years from wild jungle fowl. There are an estimated 350 combinations of physical features for chickens.
From my walk today, I discovered this little gem the red clover (Trifolium pratense) also known as purple clover or trefoil.
Farming in the 13 colonies was not considered a job. It was a way to provide for the family.
Honey color ranges from nearly colorless to dark brown, and its flavor varies from delectably mild to distinctively bold, depending on where the honey bees buzzed.
Easy guide to the properties of various softwoods used for furniture and other interior decor work, including strength, color, texture and uses. Now you can be sure you are using the right wood for the right job.
Could your garden, hobby, cooking talent, handcraft, or a secret family recipe be the answer to your desire to work from home, pay off a credit card debt, supplement the family income, save for a big vacation, or even earn income for extra alternative healing?
How did settlers in the Old West really know what time it was? Did they keep close track of the hours and minutes? And whose “time” was considered the “right” time in the many small towns and farms spread across the American West?
Deer farming traces its roots to northern Europe where native people have been tending reindeer herds for centuries.
When we were just toddlers in the 1950’s, my brother and I rode with our parents in their old Nash from Corpus Christi to San Antonio to visit our grandparents in San Antonio, Texas. These are special times that we shall never see again and it is good to get them into print so we don’t lose our very special American heritage. When we look back at fond memories of the past, we stop and smell the flowers.
Cattle farming and ranching plays an important role in preserving biodiversity and the habitats of local wildlife, while also supporting healthy soil.
There are numerous ways to package dried herbal teas for sale, from tea-themed gift baskets to home spa tea collections.
If you are serious about raising chickens in your backyard, determine what you want to raise them for and get the type of chicken breed that best fits your purpose.