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The children are understanding how powerful they can be as young individuals. A good friend of ours is great at empowering individuals with life-saving skills and we were fortunate enough to work alongside him on our latest family affair. Together, we learned about how and when to apply CPR. All of us were able to train on adult and infant simulators. We were happily surprised to witness our son, strong enough, able to apply adequate chest compressions on the adult setup. Our little guy felt empowered knowing that he could possibly save the lives of his family members. Our daughter did not quite have the strength for the adults at this time but she was excited about working with the infants. We also learned how to properly use an AED, and the proper way to help one who is choking even if the one choking is yourself and no one else is around. Much of the great insight from our instructor comes from his lengthy personal experience. The lessons in how to apply the techniques we learned and the maintaining of situational awareness was taught in tandem. We were also placed in make-believe scenarios that helped us understand how vulnerable we could be at any given time. This was a great lesson that has brought us closer as a family. We recommend Learning these skills if you don’t already know. Also, If it’s been a while it’s a good excuse to learn it again because there is a difference between the way it is taught today than just few years ago.

I hope our latest post find you doing well

Respectfully,

K

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How we make a rabbit liver pâté October 7th 2016

We are going on five years of operating a small rabbitry for our backyard meat production. We are harvesting four times a year, on the quarter. Every harvest we are processing anywhere between 10 to 20 rabbits at a time. Our timing has become pitch perfect. Every harvest is followed by our does kindling liters a day or two after. It’s taken this long for it to become an exciting and natural part of our lives. It seems that our reasons for doing it keep changing over the years while simultaneously deepening our respect for life and nature. One of many examples is how we feed the rabbits in preparation for harvesting. In the beginning I did not care so much about the liver. Now a good liver is paramount. A beautiful and healthy liver is a byproduct of a happy and healthy rabbit. We finish our rabbits now for a week of eating beets, carrots, celery, lettuce, and tasty herbs from our garden. (this is one reason we don’t sell our rabbits because we are preparing them as if we were chefs first and farmers second) The texture and aroma of the livers, after sitting in the fridge drying for a day, is amazing! Generally, A liver pâté is 95% liver. I am more than willing to bet that buying average livers from commercial sources could never taste this good. The way we care for our rabbits, the methodical processing, the lack of GMO feed’s and hormones, with the abundance of love and respect given to our animals always come through on the health benefit and taste that our family works towards receiving.

Below is a recipe that if even loosely followed, would create an amazing results for you and yours.

I hope our latest post finds you figuring out what it takes to be living more sustainably.

Respectfully,

K

INGREDIENTS: -250g of trimmed rabbit liver. (Trimmed, remove all the tough and string like bits so that it’s just the beautiful liver being used) -6 tablespoons cream. -3 tablespoons unsalted butter -1 small onion, finely diced -3 cloves garlic, finely diced -½ teaspoon fresh thyme, finely chopped -1 teaspoon parsley, finely chopped generous splash fino sherry. -salt & pepper DIRECTIONS: Melt the butter in a small pan until bubbling. Add the onion and garlic and fry gently for 5 minutes until softened to golden brown. Add the liver and cook for 2 minutes. Now, add the sherry, parsley, thyme salt & pepper stir for 1 minute then remove from the heat and let it sit for 2 minutes. Place in a food processor, add in the cream and blend for a few minutesuntil the pâté is smooth. Leave to cool for 5 minutes. Now you can place it in its desired container. For the extra mile: Melt 4-5 tablespoons of butter in a saucepan, if you prefer you can add some finely chopped fresh herbs, and pour over the pâté to create a gelatinous coating that will float on top which will protect the pâté from drying or discoloring from contact with air. Leave in the fridge for a few hours to develop in flavour and to firm up.

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The “Minuteman” challenge
Sept, 7th 2016

This is a short video we put together, a brief description of what we call the “Minuteman” marksmanship challenge (MMC). Also, we included our first attempt at it. Our goal is to develop our marksmanship skill safely and efficiently. Ideally, the MMC will develop into an engaging conversation that shooter’s, hunters and gun enthusiast can have have with one another. We will be posting our results, as a family, over the next several months so we can share our results. Moreover, using a bolt action rifle, under the pressure of time, moving through the four shooting positions, while applying the multi target, tiered shooting structure is a unique challenge that gets your heart racing. We believe the MMC is also a fantastic way to develop a solid relationship with your rifle. Furthermore, it provides the repetition in action to get proper gun safety into a physical second nature. If you feel you are up to the MMA challenge please do so safely.

I hope our latest post finds you doing well and challenging yourselves daily.

Reapectfully,

K

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Nothing wasted.
July 19th 2016


The end of the road for that rabbit loin. It made a great dinner last night, the rabbit loin continued into an omelette for the morning and now the remnants of that tender meat have found itself in a reduced chicken broth, horseradish cheese and greek yogurt. The base was brightened with our garden tomatoes(that the children started from seeds). Accompanied with a side of pickled beets and cabbage. Served on white rice. Basil from our garden.

For the past six years we have primarily eaten only meats that we have hunted or farmed ourselves. In doing this we have eaten less meat but the quality and experience are more valued by all of us.

By being in touch with our meat, in this way, gives us an understanding of where we belong and how we got here. The children may not fully understand how our choices have impacted their lives but, we believe they will.

We hope this post find you grabbing the reins of your life with purpose and excitement.

Respectfully,

K

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Preparing the meat that we raised together as a family.
July 11th 2016
Atlanta, Georgia

This is our fourth year of running our backyard rabbitry. Our rabbits are cared for and loved. We have a great admiration and respect for the animal. Before we butcher our rabbits my children have learned to say, “Thank you for being here for us and for making us stronger, we will not waste your meat, you are now a part of us.” The children do not have any problems with the harvesting of the rabbits they help raise. They are excited and feel like they are contributing to the family. We believe this makes them more confident growing into the people they will become and more respectful to the environment they are growing within. There is something that has changed within us since we began raising our own meat. There is an understanding that is gained by being responsible for the lives that we end so we can continue. We are tighter as a family because we shoulder the reality of understanding how much dies to keep us alive. Past experience in sharing these particular endeavors that we engage in as a family lead me to believe that many of you reading this may find it unsettling, to say the least. We only ask that you try to understand that we are choosing not to participate in factory farmed meats. The meat that we harvest and eat in our house has been loved or, if hunted, has lived a real life.

We hope our latest family blog post finds you doing well and in the present moment with an open mind.

Most respectfully,

K

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Rabbit harvest.
March 22nd 2016 Atlanta, Ga.

I am very proud of my daughter. Today she help me harvest our rabbits from start to finish. She’s witnessed it plenty of times but this is the first time she had hands on experience. She was excited to finally be able to help me in the process and it was a big confidence booster for her. She feels like she is contributing to the family and now calls herself the back-up butcher. She is only five but I don’t have a doubt in my mind that in the next several years she can handle this process by herself.

Understanding where food comes from is a very important lesson that ideally should be learned at an early age. This is something we believe is lacking in today society. Our actions, although Sometimes uncomfortable, are reconnecting the sacred bond we have with our environment. We find beauty, Independence, and enlightenment in doing so. Our methods are streamlined and ethical. The meat we consume in our household is free of industry byproduct.

We hope our latest post finds you enjoying this spring weather!

Respectfully,

K&J


A word on recent comments.
March 25th, 2016

We are usually complemented by those in our grandparents generation which is one of many motivations for us. We share our children’s enthusiasm for learning about our environment. In doing so, we are able to dive deeply, together, and experience, with all our senses, the knowledge that we attain transition into understanding. To gain this experience together is at times uncomfortable. We believe that it is experiencing the reality of life together as a family, even as uncomfortable as it may be at times, to be a strengthening bond that not only unites us but connects us with the long line of people it took to get us where we are now. Our daughter volunteered to do it. She’s has asked several times in the past but I have told her that she’s not old enough. It created a back pressure on her desire to be a helping hand in the family. She was truly happy to help and was very respectful. We believe it was a great confidence booster for her. We do not judge those who speak negatively about some of the aspects of how we live and teach our children. We do hope that the reasons that motivate us to move forward in life change over the years.

Respectfully,
K
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Recycle and repurpose
January 24th 2016

We have discovered that the foodgrade plastic containers that cakes and breads come in from the grocery store make excellent grow trays. All one has to do is flip the bottom upside down and it holds water. Put the clear plastic top on and boom!! You saved yourself 30 bucks. If you put two side-by-side they are the same length as a standard grow tray so using these food trays work well with standard T5 grow lighting systems. We hope this post finds you enjoying this little life hack. Don’t let the cost of professional grade equipment stop you from a successful grow this year! Respectfully, K

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Cooking with solar.
January 23rd 2016

This morning I found an old rear projection television next to a dumpster. I quickly removed the fresnel lens and took it home with me.

The following images were a quick experiment to demonstrate the power of these lenses.

What would you do with one?

Below is a link to a previous to guide you step-by-step on how to locate, fashion one into a cooking structure, and on its uses.

We hope our latest post finds you doing well and staying warm.

Respectfully,

K


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Venison Jerky
11.20.2015

After dry aging the buck harvested last week we carved up a hindquarter for jerky. This could easily be the children’s favorite way to consume the deer. We are thankful it is their preference because it is one of the healthiest was to eat venison. For the children, It is simple and fun task for the them to join in on. We all leave the kitchen healthier, happier and with more of an understanding of our role as modern hunters and gatherers.

We hope our latest post finds you learning something new.

Respectfully,

K

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Venison neck roast.
10/21/2015 Atlanta, Ga.

My wife harvested this buck on opening day of rifle season. The first part of the deer we cooked was normally a piece of meat we left in the field.

This is the first time I’ve prepared neck roast. To be honest, I have normally left the neck in the field because I thought it was too bony. Boy was I wrong. I dry aged the neck for two days. Early this morning I trimmed off the fat and seasoned it with salt, pepper, poppyseed, crushed red pepper, and olive oil. I then slid it into a vacuum sealed bag to marinate at room temperature for about seven hours. I browned the neck in our pressure cooker then threw in black trumpet mushrooms, potato, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, a big handful of grape tomatoes and two cups of water. I pressure cooked it on high pressure with a low flame for 45 minutes. We were skeptical until this amazing aroma begin to fill the house. We were all blown away on how good this was! My wife and I were contemplating when we’ve had a roast this good. We will never leave another neck behind in the forest again ;-)

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Harvesting some of our rabbits.
1.26.2015

Our good friend James joined us today so he could learn how we process our rabbits. We started a fire to keep us warm and went through our step by step process. We are posting these images in an effort to capture our efforts and demystify this easy and healthy way to bring a quality meat to the table.
Nothing is wasted! The livers, kidneys, and hearts are delicious. We save our hides for our, ongoing, rabbit hide a blanket project.
We are planning to share with you some of our recipes with the rabbits harvested today. So check back with us soon. Until then we hope this post finds you doing well and learning something exciting that brings you a step closer towards independence and sustainability.

Respectfully,

K

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When I was in Fontainebleau, France I found fresh rabbit (Lapin) available in the markets early in the morning. When I did the math it equals about $7.50 per pound. Our rabbits dress out on average at 3.5 lbs for a rabbit, including the liver, heart...

When I was in Fontainebleau, France I found fresh rabbit (Lapin) available in the markets early in the morning. When I did the math it equals about $7.50 per pound.  Our rabbits dress out on average at 3.5 lbs for a rabbit, including the liver, heart and kidneys. We started to raise rabbits in our backyard because we just like the taste and wanted our children to have a real connection to their food. Now that I know the meet we are bring to the table is $26.25 rabbit and we do two per week… that’s a $210 per month value.  Not bad considering the feed is cheep, they eat mostly from the overgrowth in our garden, we use only the fertilize they produce which is amazing, and we keep the hides.   Big win!!!!

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We re-purposed an old stove and an old grill into a great smoker today. We cut away what was unnecessary from the old grill. Then added only a thermometer and made a handle out of the old wooden slats from the grill. If we ever needed to, we could take the grill portion off of the wood-burning stove. It’s only held on by two self tapping metal screws and its secure.

These photos are of our first attempt using the smoker. We smoked a chicken at 220° for four hours. We used natural oak charcoal and wet Cherry wood chips for the smoke. With minimal effort we were able to keep a consistent temperature and a good thick smoke. The wood-burning stove provided ample room for a good fire towards the front and in the back of the stove we put a metal coffee can to catch the drippings falling from the smoking meats above.

We are excited about uniting two unused forms found on our property to make the smoker we needed. Not only did it save us several hundred dollars but from my experience it really is a great smoker in many ways.


The chicken came out fantastic!

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We stumbled upon a few good-looking “Sweet Tooth” mushrooms today… aka, Hedge Hog Mushroom, scientific name: “Hydnum Repandum” I must say, the taste is exquisite. We cooked them in just a little butter. The taste is close to that of an oyster. Cooking them slow made them so tender. I look forward to the day I find a good, basket filling, flush of these on the forest floor!

RESOURCES

If you or one you know would like to get to know this world more intimately I suggest two books. I have purchased, read, and sometimes returned books on this topic. The two books I am recommending are, so far, the ones I consider the essentials. These are the 2 books that accompany us into the field: 

1: “The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms”  

ISBN: 978-0-394-51992-0

2: “Mushrooms Demystified” by David Arora

ISBN: 978-0-89815-169-5

GET READY

Mushroom Season is around the corner…Spring-Fall. Pick up a new study or hobby that makes your reason for going into the forest change over the years.

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