Deer meat is good to eat!!!

Well well well!!  We have not purchased any meat from the box stores because of the outragouce prices.   I have hunted to no avail!! However God likes to provide for me by humbling me!! Lol.  My sister killed a deer that she did not need so she gave it to me, and then my brother-n-law's dad killed one that he did not need and he gave it to me.  So my wife and I skinned and butchered these deer.  We have put up approximately 100 lbs of deer over the last 2 nights. The best we can figure we have approximately $300 worth of ground, roast, stew meat and steaks. God is good in how he aka was provides for me and my family.  

Uh oh!!

I did not kill a deer tonight!!  I will try again tomorrow .  Freezer is bare I got to tighten up!! Lol

Muzzleloading

Well I missed 2 deer with my bow this year due to jitters and the "flinch" move the deer use to evade and oncoming arrow like an f-18 fighter plane avoiding an oncoming missle!  Ha, but now it is the early primitive season, so I can take my muzzleloader and prayerfully put some meat in the freezer.  If I do, I will post some pictures and and article about it.  We plan on grinding this deer down for ground meet, with ground beef at 4$ per pound were we are at, we sure could use the deer!! So be watching for our adventure into grinding our own meat.  

Legacy!

I grew up helping my dad work on stuff around the house.  My youngest memory was helping my dad install an muffler on an ford falcon .  I acttualy held the muffler in place while he bolted it in, then he wiped grease on my face and we had a good laugh! As i got older I helped fix countless things and build stuff for fun and most of the time it was stuff we needed. From the lawn mower to our cars and building sheds to bird houses.  Lot of good memories doing that stuff which him.  So thanks dad for giving my that "do it your self " attitude! That same drive is my lively hood now, for I am a carpenter. It is the same reason I want to be sustainable , and grow our own food, and eat what we harvest from a hunt. Now my middle so goes to work with me and is learning to be handy. What he is really learning is,weather he knows it not not, is a work ethic. The same thing I learned from my dad.

Working hard!!

This is Benjamin learning how to run a sander! 

 Today was a day that me and Benjamin got to work together. I really enjoy these days because I get to teach he some skill sets that he can have for the rest of his life. Like he learned about angles today and he already knows how to read a measuring tape, and he can lay out stud walls! He is learning so much! He looks forward to these days as well, he can put a few bucks in his piggy bank and he gets away from the house for a day.  He is doing fantastic in school, his grades are incredible, thanks to his teacher teaching him, which happens to be his momma! On days where he gets to go with me, I get to teach him about God, and sustainabllity and how they are not seperate from each other. You see, God is who sustains us.  If we grow our own food, God makes it grow, if we raise our own animals, God make them healthy and function, if we harvest a wild game, God is who delivered that game for harvesting.  See, God is in control of everything.  "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19 KJV)" 

November

November is one of our favorite months. It heralds out the last of the warm weather here in Mississippi. It brings on the month of Thanksgiving, where we offer up our praise to God for allowing the bounty of food and blessings we have (and there are far too many to count). It brings leaves of gold, yellow, red, orange and brown and the crinkling sounds beneath our feet. It means more days of hunting, as the sun goes down earlier, and we can still have supper at a reasonable time. It means bonfires with roasted hot dogs and marshmallows. But most of all, it brings in a time of perishing and hibernation of plants and animals to bring in a time for the new.  Ecclesiastes says there is a time for everything. And right now, on earth and in our personal lives, it is a time for a new beginning. God is working on a plan for our lives that will bring us into the next phase of our lives. We are both excited and trepidatious of the direction we are going in and the work that it will entail. As we see the plan unfold, we will share more of this journey with you, but we are not even sure of it ourselves. God is working on us and on our patience, and as soon as He reveals His plan to us, we will tell you all about it!