@briarch

The tastiest wild game might by hopping by at a park near you. Squirrel offers a delicate white meat that has a savory, (no surprise) nutty flavor. Here's how we put the chicken of…

Do you pick up $20 bills on the side of the road? I sure do. Would you pick up a roadkill beaver? I would since it's the same value. I threw a large male beaver in the trunk on the…

We are busy with last-minute preparations for running the trap line in a few weeks. I bought new traps that still need preparation. The kids and I prepared 6 #11 double longsprings…

We camped this weekend on public land to scout for animal sign and identify the final places for our trap line and small and big game openers. In the south, we don't get a lot of s…

The leaves are beginning to fall, which means I am beginning to prepare for trapping season. [With the 2020 collapse of the fur market](https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@briarch/a-per…

For the first year, I have tried to use all my garden in the spring and then turn it over for a summer garden. Typically, I plant a spring garden, then let that area lay fallow, an…

One of my COVID-19 [panic buying chickens](https://peakd.com/hive-123046/@briarch/day-33-of-self-isolation-repurposed-chicken-brooder-furlough-providence) is sick. Yesterday, she d…

I was a late adopter of the so-called smartphone. I didn't want to constantly be "available" but I was eventually persuaded by the mapping and photo features. Though I don't use it…

The last two months have been some of the most transformational of my life. After being furloughed, tomorrow I return to work at a new position as a healthcare provider caring for …

This year, we are focusing on yield given our economic uncertainty. This means we decided to sharply narrow the kinds of vegetables we grow, and focusing on a few nutrient rich cro…

I buy yeast in bulk every few years, freezing it in mason jars. So we still have quite a bit left, but with the yeast supply chain simply unable to cope with exponentially increase…

The market for wild and ranch fur has been highly volatile over the last four centuries, with fortunes made and lost within a generation. It was a foundational industry for Western…

I have continued to follow closely the COVID-19 fallout in the food supply business. Producers are getting killed. Many have few options to move crop or livestock, with prices belo…

After losing almost our entire [first flock to predators](https://peakd.com/homesteading/@briarch/back-off-poultry-predators-building-a-secure-chicken-coop), we have been a lot mor…

I originally intended this series to be a daily log. Going to into self-isolation, I didn't realize how hard I would working to take care of my family. I've been putting in 20 hour…

So far we have only suffered irritability during this pandemic. I am a healthcare provider, and after we isolated our vulnerable family members, I have resumed clinical practice be…

This is a cross post of [@briarch/day-15-of-self-isolation-into-silence-small-engine-repair](/quarantinecontest/@briarch/day-15-of-self-isolation-into-silence-small-engine-repair) …

We have been in voluntary isolation for nearly two weeks. As expected, the state has declared a mandatory "stay-at-home" order. While this changes nothing for us, by coincidence, w…

Over the last few weeks, people in the West have become very interested in sustainable and independent food production. # Google Trends for "grow your own food" <img src="https://…

I have been planning a rabbitry for months using upcycled scrap. I called my local rabbit breeder today who told me he couldn't help me until at least next week. > I've sold more r…