The Wood Nettle…
Not to be confused with Stinging Nettles, a distant relative.  Wood nettles pack a bigger punch – in stinging and in flavor.

Both plants, like many wild edibles, also pack a nutritional punch.  They are high in Vitamin C, [read more]

Well, the canoe trip did not go as planned… (they never do)
But, it was a good time (they always are)
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale…
Day 1
“why is it that the car goes straight when I crank the [read more]

To dovetail between the discussions on food and fishing I feel this post is necessary. Supplementing your food bag with wild fare is fun and tasty.  One major caveat though, never count on being able to find wild veggies or [read more]

Some real fat of the land here today, unfortunately the hog was neither wild nor raised by us but there is still something different about rendering fat yourself.
Yesterday we decided to try our hand at making lard for the first [read more]

Grabbed some WYO raised fare over the weekend and cobbled this together

Bacon
Blue Cheese Sauce
Blackened Bison Burger
Bread and red onions

= awesome…

Had a bunch of stuff I needed/wanted to make so while the wife cleaned, I spent the day in the kitchen.
Today, however, I’m going to do some fishing.  Temps above freezing, not a ton of river ice and at least [read more]

I was sent this article by a good friend.
If you harvest fish or are interested in food in general, it should provide interesting reading.

Ike Jime (part 1 – clicky)

Ike Jime (part 2 – clicky)

Yesterday was sausage making day, 40-ish pounds of duck, deer, and pig went through the grinder and into hog casings.  This is something one of my best friends, wife, and I have gotten together to do the last several years [read more]

Ok, so sliding across an overgrown puddle to reach the river isn’t too impressive but the first time walk across ice for winter is always exciting for me.  Even if the water below is only mid-thigh deep.
Yesterday the ice on [read more]

Nothing of note to report for the weekend hunting and fishing… We received a taste of winter with temps in the teens and a couple inches of snow but that didn’t seem to bring any ducks in.  It didn’t help [read more]