Around here, add Mesquite and Scorpions. Other stuff will grow, but you need to add compost, manure water, and pray the rodents and rabbits don't get it first....
I was a child in Louisiana in the 1930's, during the depression. Fortunately rice was cheap and plentiful and formed the basis for most meals, just as in Asian...
The country around Balmorhea is great, with a mild climate, underground water, fertile land, and great people. Unfortunately if you are a type who likes to...
Jack, I can't think of a worse day out than a day out shopping, isolation suits me just fine - looking to be off grid, self-sufficient and low impact as...
I feel the same way, but there are thing to support a lifestyle and/or hobby that are only found in a large city, so I am 80 miles from Houston, close enough...
Hi again Jack, Really life in most of Europe isn't precarious or threatening at all, I taught English as a Foreign language a couple of years ago and am still...
Hi John, Un beknownst to me, I ate squirrel in a stew once. It was actually very good. Many years ago, I lived next to a guy from MA who was big into...
For me, cleaning squirrels, is what I tired of quickly. ;-) They sure are a lot of work for so little meat, especially is they are old.. Jay I was a child in...
Whether or not Europe looks threatening can depend on how other people see you. I've traveled enough to know that being known as a Gypsy while in much of that...
Please tell us something about "Romany" and "Vlax". Are they what I call Gypsies? I have a feeling you have an interesting story to tell. John Robert and/or...
... The Vlax are from Romania and parts of Hungary, speak Beyash, and are a subset of Gypsies in general. Romany is most, and most speak either the local...
Ok, granted that Poland does have a reputation for anti-semitism in the same way that Italy has a reputation for masogony. But Europe is a very diverse place...
... culture, if your appearance is not one of your main concerns, if you're not interested in competing with everyone else - the 'L'oreal and I'm worth it'...
What's your connection to Stan Lee? Are you familiar with Gil Kane? He was my uncle... Sue Western Great Basin ... Stan Lee is a Romanian Jew, and his...
Either that, or you can just think of the whole garden as one big rabbit-trap! They sure sound tastier than mesquite and scorpions! Sue Western Great Basin ......
... We're both cartoonists, with my son hoping to be another cartooning Toth. He's an American decended from Jewish people from Romania, I'm an American...
Hi John My dad used to hunt and cook this, though not often. I haven't, I am a terrible hunter since I am always so anxious that I might not kill instantly...
West Texas is pretty arid, a good place to practice water conservation in a big way, though, since all the water seems to come down in a handful of stupendous...
... I'm also glad to see this come up again. I posted on the subject last year, and got some useful responses. Laren, I'm anxious to see what you have to say...
... I hope this sort of thing no longer happens, but my family (rose-cheeked English, all of us) were run out of several towns in rural America when I was a...
Jack, I would assume squirrel could be made many different ways to alter the taste. BBQ sounds good right now. I had a friend who grew up on a farm in new...
A Mesquite flour making link; http://www.desertusa.com/lil/mesquite.html Yours, Pego ... fireants. Get some chickens to combat that, and turn your pests into ...
Sure, there are many was to work with meat, and squirrel is no exception. It is a tough meat, however, and if they have been eating mostly acorns I recall...
Becks, Yes, it is viable farm land. The problem is that for the past 50 years or more people out here have tried to raise farms on ever increasing acreage,...
Becks, To answer your other question, Reeves county farms (what few are still operating) raise cotton and hay for beef feed lots, primarily. But, the few...
All the good land around Balmorhea is in the hands of a few large ranch owners. They won't sell. You HAVE to get away from Balmorhea, out around Saragosa and...
With all the information I have learned about goats, you need to have at least two. One will be too lonely by itself. Two does or one doe and one wether would...
I'm not about to try eating Scorpions. Mesquite beans, however, can provide some tasty and sweet eating if prepared right. I plan to harvest them next year. I...
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