Yard Possum

Another live trap study of a local animal - this young opossum was caught and released in my own yard. I enjoy having them around.

Edible insects - Crickets

Always cook your bugs first to prevent ingesting parasites!

Figure four trap

You know you want some tasty apple. Go ahead, it's free! 

Plant profile - Burdock

Spring has sprung and burdock is popping up all over my property. Even a small yard can host enough "weeds" to make a wild salad. Be careful with identification (do your own research) and never harvest where poisons may be in use.

Slinging stones

A friend at work made me a shepherd sling. I crawled around in the creek for ammo and started launching stones at an old detergent bottle. Fun stuff! He's been making them for a while, but just added them to his ETSY store (hydeandsheik.etsy.com).

Rabbit box trap

Sometimes, you can still find these in old barns. All the old timers used "rabbit boxes" to catch small game animals for the supper table. The design is simple, materials easy to find and they are fun to build.

Opossum

This fellow lives in my yard. Possums are benificial animals to have around. They have a very low body temperature, making them extremely rabies resistant and deadly to ticks and fleas. Included in their diet are various undesirables such as small rodents and snakes. This one eats leftover cat food.

Cooking chicken with a road flare

Mark it off my bucket list. This was a challenging fire lay to complement an unusual cooking method. A small bird was eaten this day and no one succumbed to salmonella.