Just curious who else is living super frugal

[alldembirds]

Gosh we dont have ground hogs here. I just looked them up and they are in the same family as Squirrels... From what I know wild animals taste like what they eat so according to Wikipedia they should be good eating.


For what its worth Guinea Pigs are in a different branch of the rodent family tree called Caviidae. There are only about eighteen species in all. Because of their Diet and behavior and they way they are born they are considered Herd animals and VERY vegetarian. They are born with their eyes open and a full coat of hair and are capable of eating grasses right away. They run to escape and form a herd of sorts with a dominant male.

The largest Rodent in the world comes from this same family its called the Capybara. Capybaras get up to about 140 lbs.

when I get involved with an animal I read up... My Guinea Pig days are well over.

deb

really!? thats crazy to me they dont have them in california. I have only lived from missouri to virginia never to the west, and they have been everywhere I have lived. Alot of people say groundhog is like rabbit and squirrel, very tasty. I see them almost everyday, I should try one. I just cant see myself eating a guinea pig though, not while there was other stuff around. In an emergency prepper type situation I would give it a go.

 

[Arielle]

Gosh we dont have ground hogs here. I just looked them up and they are in the same family as Squirrels... From what I know wild animals taste like what they eat so according to Wikipedia they should be good eating.


For what its worth Guinea Pigs are in a different branch of the rodent family tree called Caviidae. There are only about eighteen species in all. Because of their Diet and behavior and they way they are born they are considered Herd animals and VERY vegetarian. They are born with their eyes open and a full coat of hair and are capable of eating grasses right away. They run to escape and form a herd of sorts with a dominant male.

The largest Rodent in the world comes from this same family its called the Capybara. Capybaras get up to about 140 lbs.

when I get involved with an animal I read up... My Guinea Pig days are well over.

deb

LOL--- I always look at capybaras and think of the meals we would /could be eating for a month!!

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: here is a pix of their range....



deb

 

[Arielle]

Found a method to wash old cooking oils to use in soap making-- I have not been able to force myself to toss a qt of frying oil.

 

[perchie.girl]

Found a method to wash old cooking oils to use in soap making-- I have not been able to force myself to toss a qt of frying oil.

Cool.... I was thinking about used oil just recently.... It could also be used as fire starters... soaking kindling or paper in the oil would make it more flamable...

I have had to start fires with wet wood and by starting with the kindling on top seems to work pretty well. I only recently found out that was not the way to start a fire.... LOL... go figure.... I have huge gaps in my ""training"" for living semi off grid. Practical gaps caused by no experience.

Though I did find a youTube video on starting fires from the top... Whew...

deb

 

[alldembirds]

here is a pix of their range....



deb

thats really neat, You dont need tags to hunt them and there is no limit from 5/12-12/15 in missouri so they seem like they would make a good alternative food source.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: No problem Deb--- we all have holes in our education.

We have a wood stove and it has been trial and error to learn how to work with the draft for that particular design and the materials I have avaialble---so my kids got the bennies of learning my method. Though I did let them "fail" many times to learn what did not work. THen they were more willing to listen to a better design.

Of course the set up for the BBQ is same components but the actual layout is different. My oldest has perfected the start of that fire.

I think Ihave convinced DH to sell fire wood in the fall as we have enough and can make a bit of cash once the cold season arrives.

 

[wyoDreamer]

We always start our fires from the top in the woodstove out here in Wyoming, that was the recommendation of the installer by-the-way. Put the big chunks in, then small chunks on top of that, and then start a small fire out of tinder on top of that. By starting from the top in the woodstove, it allows more heat to go up the chimney at the start of a fire, thereby warming the chimney and helping create the draft to suck the smoke up and out. It burns down into the larger chunks of wood just fine.
We never did that in WI, but back there you didn't have to deal with the elevation and thinner air/less oxygen - which makes everything so much harder.

DH took the ATV out for a spin yesterday back in WI. He took it down the road and got up to 65 mph - and said it had more power to go probably up to 75.

They would go about 45-50 mph here in Wyoming.

That's the difference between an elevation of 800 feet versus 7400 feet +.

 

[Nofowlplay]

thats really neat, You dont need tags to hunt them and there is no limit from 5/12-12/15 in missouri so they seem like they would make a good alternative food source.

One lived in my back yard for years under a shed and ate birdseed. I miss him. He was cute. The neighbors probably dispatched him.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: I miss ours too. He was BIG, and looked cuddley. He usually lived in the woods and visited the garden as needed. lol