Maple sugarin

Nothin beats maple sugarin in the spring!  The picture above is actually step two in a 2 step process.  First, you make a hole in a maple, boxelder, river Burch, black walnut, or hickory tree and collect the sap.  (Maple trees produce the most sap) Then you boil it till it's syrup. You can boil it all up in any pan you want over a fire or on the stove. It really is that simple, here are a few suggestions.

Building an earth oven

What is this?  An earth oven.  What does that mean?  It's an oven made of clay which can attain heats of over 800 degrees.  It can also hold a hot temperature for a long time.  You can make pizza, bread, and anything else you would cook in a regular oven.  However with the really hot temp of 800 you can make traditional italian pizzas in 3-4 minutes.  With the clay and it's heat retention you can make superior breads.   These guys are making 4 minute pizzas and selling them for 7 bucks. 

There are all sorts of instructables on how to make one of these.  Here's how I did mine..

How to refine beeswax

Beeswax can come in many colors.  The above picture has 3 variations of wax color and one died brown with walnut hulls.  Would you like to know how to refine wax and make balms, candles, and salves?  ......

Black Walnut Processing

Black walnuts are delicious!  If you havn't tried them all you got to do is pick a couple up, 5 nuts would take you 30 seconds to dehusk and put in a bag to dry out.  There are also plenty of uses I don't have time for like adding to henna or fish poisons etc.  But here's how to eat and dye with them

Acorn processing

It's acorn season and you should take advantage of it!  To most people acorns are a decoration or a nusance.  But these seeds have 500 calories a cup and they taste good too. 

Saving Tomato Seed

My tomatoes this year were great!!  They taste so good and the timing was perfect from early to late.  Saving seed to grow your tomatoes is easier than you think.  It's also a great way to use leftovers that you have when you're done eating them.  So let's begin....

Raising Mealworms

 Raising mealworms is super easy.  It's a great idea if you have insect eating pets, bird feeders, or would like to start eating insects yourself.  I've read that insects can convert plant matter to protein 10 times more efficient than cattle.  They are very commonly eaten in other countries.