BlogHide Resteemspapa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 12 days agoHow WE Like to Provide Food For the FamilyThis is how we do it! I know that leaving my family more often to make more money to buy more processed foods at the grocery store is an option, but I've pushed shopping carts before, and it's…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 14 days agoHe ALWAYS Wanted to Catch One of These!A dream came true this day! My friend had only dreamed of catching gar until now, but now he's done it! With his family being newer transplants to the Ozarks, there are certain blessings around…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 16 days agoMY FIRST CARVED WOODEN SPOONIt turned out well too! Back in late 2023, I had just picked up the new skill of net-making. I wanted to continue to gain reasonable and useful skillsets as I continued to age. Shortly after…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 27 days agoLOVE, LIKE HIS - Book Release!!!The day has finally come! Love, Like His is a book project that I first began working on back in 2013 or 2014. Slowly, I began to punch out a few chapters here or there on the keyboard. Then…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 28 days agoThree Fish at Once! - LINES WERE SINGINGLet's get 'em! Talk about tight lines and bent rods - this got crazy. The line was so tight that the wind was making it sing, and right after I got mine pulled in, two of the…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • last monthNEW HEIGHTS - VEVOR Telescoping Ladder HelpsThis really helped! This one came at an excellent time. We've reached the part of our outdoor kitchen build where safely working at a high height is necessary. This VEVOR Telescoping…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • last monthAre There FRESHWATER DRUM in Lake Bull Shoals?Check out the photo, what's your guess? Lake Bull Shoals is probably our top fishing spot. We enjoy a lot of species of fish from the lake, ranging from smaller panfish to larger fish like bass…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • last monthMy Son Had to Take Care of ItHe's doing it! We were looking for the start of the spring sucker spawn. It wasn't quite time yet, but some eager males were getting ready. I was the first to spot one, and even though I took…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • last monthCOLD HARDY FRUITS & Channel ShoutoutsThis was pretty cool! It's a random vlog of recent life here, including friends and snow. Big thanks to 3 Feather's Farmstead and Fish or Price Ranch for recent generosity and…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • last monthCOLD HARDY POMEGRANATES????They look cold hardy so far! A friend of mine asked me to work on a project with him. He's new enough to the area that he still doesn't have any land, but he knows some of what he wants when he…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • last monthPapa-Pepper Plantin' a Paw Paw PatchThis is so exciting! It's taken me way too long to accomplish this. Part of setting up a more self-sufficient lifestyle is to plan for your future. Fruit trees can be a good part of this plan.…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 2 months agoUNTAMED YOUTH: The Next Generation of Hunters Has ArrivedHe's growing and learning! Food from the wild is a preference around here, especially over the grocery store. These Little-Peppers have been gaining some skills and learning various harvesting…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 2 months agoThe REAL ONES Will UnderstandI have to keep at this. It's rough sometimes. It's a blessing sometimes too. Sometimes, it's both. In this video, we make progress. Here is where we are starting 2025. Let's see how far we make…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 2 months agoEATING ONE YEAR OLD MEATWould you eat this? Last year Doc turned 3. On his birthday, he said that he wanted a deer. Red-Pepper shot a nice 8-pointer on his birthday, and since we were starting to experiment with…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 2 months agoNEEDING HELP & Making ProgressProgress can be hard sometimes... We're heading the right direction. Progress is being made and skills developed. Years of expectation are reaching a clearing view of the overall goal and the…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 2 months agoWe Are NEVER Doing This Again, EVER!The VERY LAST Time! I was finally getting my posts in place for the outdoor kitchen, but I had to stop before putting in the two last posts. Those posts are the two nearest my stairwell to the…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 2 months agoCAN BUGGER CATCH A BULLFROG? - EDITED UNDERWATER ARTWORKWhat interesting shots! Some time ago, long before this winter storm weather , I had an idea about creating a children's book called, "Can Bugger Catch a Bullfrog?" The goal was to have an…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 2 months agoMAJOR PROGRESS on the Homestead!!!This project has taken forever, but it's still progressing. The outdoor kitchen is on the way! After prepping some cedar logs for our posts, it's time to stand them up and attach them to the…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 2 months agoIngenious Firewood Storage - DUAL PURPOSEI should have been doing this for years! We've been cutting down a lot of trees around here recently, so to store it and keep it dry, I tried to have a brainstorm. In this video, I show off how…papa-pepper (80)in hive-185836 • 3 months agoFINALLY - Just What We Needed, WITHOUT GETTING HURT!Thank God no one got hurt. In order to progress with my storm shelter / root cellar / outdoor kitchen build, I have to remove some trees that would threaten the structure. In order to install a…
