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The deluge has arrived and Tropical Thing Lee (never understood difference between a Depression and Storm) is pouring its heart out. Unfortunately, looks like the season's crop of acorns are going to be pitiful.

Last fall I did a whole study on acorns: different varieties, different methods of removing the tannins, cooking a variety of dishes and putting it all on http://youtube.com/user/brawny03

which is my channel. Last years crop was significantly larger, hence, easier to process .

Last year's bountiful crop increased the wildlife around here. There are tons of squirrels, deer, hogs, bears, turkey and their offspring. Its gonna be a rough year for them.

I read this article about wild hogs up in New York State. Of course we all know about the hog situation in Texas, so bad they are allowing hunting via helicopter. Go For It, by god. We gotta do something.
http://news.yahoo.com/ny-seeks-stop-wild-hogs-may-ban-captive-163701421.html

Now, there's an idea for the food bank. Lets have a huge hog hunt and put on a massive Bar-be-Que. It can be done like a Pot Luck. Bring a hog, a Six Pack, or a bag of chips. Whatever you can.

My greatest skill is to need but little.
That's one of my favorite quotes by Henry David Thoreau.

Its not what I earn, its what I spend. The less I spend, the richer I am.

Freebies, or nearly freebies: panning for gold, wilderness camp outs, hiking, renovating old backpacking gear, playing with new back country recipes (not using Prepackaged All In One Meals), relationship building.
Innovations are what survivalists do. Take junk, twigs, plastic trash and make something out of it.
Taste the vegetation, learn what is bitter, unsafe, doable.

There's an awful lot of acorns falling this year. Its a bumper crop. So, I figure to gather up a bunch, and try the Native American process of boiling them in water, changing the water several times to remove the tanning acids, then seeing what we got.

Its free, its easy, its educational.
I'll tell you what I think tomorrow when I get back from my backpacking trip.