Thread: Getting back to living off the land.....

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

Everything except the hummus, tomatoes and peanuts off the property or hunted

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Always a good feeling making a whole feed from home grown and hunted produce. Last summer I did veni steak, home grown potato wedges and a salad with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots and parsley all from the garden.

update on the pigs vs schrubbery ???????
funny the Mrs has allowed our four chooks into the vege garden for a few hours each day to get rid of weeds etc before we have another go at planting it... oxyalis and cooch/twitch are a right mongrel to get rid of...have though we had it beaten twice only for it to come back.... my roundup gardening skills dont have a place in the vege garden so anything to keep the manual side of the labour down is good.
speaking of chooks.... they go nuts over lawn clippings,the mower comes out and they start pacing waiting for some clippings,there just has to be a marraige made in heaven..commercial lawn mowing contractors and the guys with thousands of free range chooks..... rather than paying to dump green waste/clippings,wouldnt it be great if could turn up however often and tip trailer load in paddock for the chooks... it would be mayhem..feathers flying everywhere as they got it for a good scoff session.

The convolvuls hasn't sprouted yet. This is an interesting vid on raising chooks on compost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWChH9MHkHg

Took the old 1916 .303 out for a walk today to take a young goat for the freezer. Saw quite a few, but only took a 12 month old billy. I don't take nannies at this time of year as they have young kids with them. Could have taken more, but only needed one. Nice that the 106 year old rifle is still filling the freezer

And now chilling in the fridge

2 young wild goat legs (minus the shanks); aged for 8 days in the fridge. Seasoned with lemon pepper, bay, cinnamon and star anise ready for roasting on a bed of leeks and onions

Roast goat and spuds, roasted leeks and onions, stir fried puha, Russian kale, parsley and beet leaves... Only the spuds and mint sauce weren't off the property or hunted :-) And of course; fresh mint tea...

Not exactly living off the land re food. But the first steps in tanning a skin off one of yesterday's goats. Spread the skin out and salt every exposed piece of skin with non-ionized salt. Roll it up flesh side to flesh side and sit it on an upturned plant pot in a bucket to drain overnight. Tomorrow I'll repeat the process

Sorry; goats AGAIN..... This nanny was in primo nick....

I always enjoy looking at your posts Bumblefoot. I will be interested to learn more about your skin curing process.

I hope I don't bore people with goat posts. but if you want to be self sufficient then you shouldn't forget that goats are on your doorstep and a reliable source of protein. I used the 223 this time instead of the old 303; it felt like I was cheating on the missus leaving the three oh at home...

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

I hope I don't bore people with goat posts. but if you want to be self sufficient then you shouldn't forget that goats are on your doorstep and a reliable source of protein. I used the 223 this time instead of the old 303; it felt like I was cheating on the missus leaving the three oh at home...

I look forward to your posts about living the more self-sufficient life, I think a lot of people aspire to do things more like your way

If anyone in Wgtn is keen on goats, I drive the Akatarawa Rd (back road Upper Hutt to Waikanae) fairly regularly and met half a mob there tonight between the summit and Staglands (Hutt side of summit) around 630pm towards 7

There's plenty of meat running around in the hills

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

I hope I don't bore people with goat posts. but if you want to be self sufficient then you shouldn't forget that goats are on your doorstep and a reliable source of protein.

If I could get a goat or two I'd be a happy gourmet.

I'm just going to use a Leder's Tan for them. I am going to brain tan some, but head shot the 2 goats...

Heh.... brain shot = no brains. With a body shot you have the brains but holes in the skin. Some folks have talked about using egg yolk for the fat instead of using brains.