We've begun ebaying more. Also Craigslist; the plus to CL is there are no fees. The big plus for Ebay is you're reaching a global market. I have done well shopping seasonal clearances at Wal-Mart and Target; both will sell things for pennies on the dollar when the season shifts. One example...
We sold some chickens. 18 of 42, leaving us with 24. We will save a gallon to a gallon and a half of feed a day, plus we made enough from the sale to pay for about 6 months of feed for the remaining chickens. We will sell some more tomorrow, but just 3 or 4. This also allowed us to turn off...
You're a true Michigander if: 1. you wonder WHY anyone would want to move back to Alaska? 2. You live on a pontoon boat. 3. Won't eat a pastie without rutabegga in it. 4. You know what a pastie is.
I reclaimed a huge amount of fiberglass insulation that I intend to use in the chicken coop to make them cozier this winter. I also picked up a new burn barrel ($15 value) with which we'll burn our paper trash. Between eating mostly naturally raised foods, burning the burnables, and...
Today was sort of a tough day for picking. Didn't seem to be very much there; but as I dug, more and more stuff emerged. I managed to get a new burn barrel, a bike that needs a new deraileur and will work fine, a set of wheels for a chicken tractor, some plywood pieces and two by four studs, ...
Lots of questions! First; preparing bear; Mrs B has written a bunch on this, I believe. Use a meat thermometer for roasts, take it out of oven when internal temp hits 150. That will have killed off any possible uglies and still leaves a delicious roast. Moose is very lean; one of the leanest...
Here's a picture from a few years back of some meat to be:
Moose are a vital meat source to many of us here in Alaska. They are steroid, hormone, and GMO free meat, and about 98% lean!
Bears are our favorite meat; here is one being prepared in the field to be taken home and processed...
We can get grass fed organic beef for $5.00 a pound hanging weight. The trim weight- bones and fat is about 20%. I helped the farmer butcher 10 cows and had a choice of cash or beef- so I chose both!
I am thankful to live in an area where we can still participate in this traditional lifestyle of hunting and gathering! Also, thank you moderators for creating a section where we can post hunting pictures as part of our sufficient selves!
Wow. The taxes on my house are nearly $3,000 a year! I'll have to check out the book though- sounds good! We have a copy of Handbook of Rural Skills and Technology, "Cloudburst 1 and 2." Very good book with blueprints of all sorts of do it yourself industrial objects and buildings around the...
Put a sheet of metal roofing to use covering up a walkway to the chicken coop. I found the roofing at the dump, along with the studs, so the only thing I bought were the handful of nails and screws. They were all purchased months and years ago, so it didn't cost me a thing today! Also picked...
Use them to roof and re-sell: Dog houses. Bird houses. Chicken coops. If slate, build wood borders and sell as writing slates or memo boards- use a barn wood type frame.