Subsistence thread

[SeanKroll]

Yep, huge crops this year.

Pear and apple picking this afternoon.

We picked 25# of pears from my gf's backyard tree before the first frost, 2 nights ago. Ripe and delicious!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

We even got some good apples this year. Guess all the snow hit just right.
Katy made some apple sauce. We were slated for pies too, but the damn oven went kaput.

 

[Steve Mack]

My turn with the blackberrys. I've only got one thornless vine but get a fair few.
About a punnet a day. Eat some and freeze a lot.
Home made yoghurt as well.

 

[Steve Mack]

Had to go away for a bit and my tomatoes got a bad start.

Had three types in, I like an old heirloom one sometimes.
Got some cherry types in now because fruit fly turn up soon.

 

[stikine]

Today's catch. Small King salmon but legal... minimum 28 inches. Cooking some now. Caught a couple of shakers that we threw back also.

 

[SeanKroll]

Been working steadily at keeping the invasives---morning glory/ bindweed, english ivy and Himalayan blackberries at bay.

Typical weeds, too.

 

[stikine]

Fantastic run of sockeye salmon this year. We caught 144 in less than 24 hrs. Lotta work. One net got caught up in a sunken root wad which was a bit of a nuisance. Got it untangled and then towed the beast out to the deeper channel and dumped it.

Spent the night in a friend's cabin.

Now I'm knee deep canning and smoking fish.

 

[lxskllr]

Looks delicious! I have to be content with my Alaskan salmon vacuum packed in mylar.

 

[stikine]

These are the smoked bellies, a delicacy. I will vacuum seal and freeze most of these to take out on trips or other outings. Everyone likes them.

These are the collars and are kinda fun to share. I'll bring them into work tomorrow and they will disappear quickly. Lots of cracked pepper on everything.

 

[stikine]

@stig where are the cherries?

 

[stig]

Rain killed them.
Along with the hay.
We'll have to buy feed for the horses this year.
On a positive note; the 140000 trees , we planted, are loving the wet spring.
Growing like crazy.

 

[stikine]

We're pot shrimping now. Here's a bit of today's haul.

 

[stikine]

Today was a bit better after moving the gear

 

[stikine]

Bump, it's that time of year to put up food. Another batch of Dungeness crab to pick and vacuum seal.

 

[cory]

Lordy you live in sustenance heaven!

 

[stikine]

My daughter and I pulled our crab pots tonight. The commercial crab season opens tomorrow and I don't want my gear mixed up with hundreds of other pots.
We caught a decent haul and ended up with 5 gallons of cleaned crab. I'll cook it tomorrow and we'll start cracking and vacuum sealing.

 

[flushcut]

I was just thinking a five gallon bucket for three pounds of meat lol. Maybe that's why it tastes so good because you have to work for it.

 

[stikine]

I was just thinking a five gallon bucket for three pounds of meat lol. Maybe that's why it tastes so good because you have to work for it.

I'll have to weigh it when we're done picking.