Thread: Getting back to living off the land.....

Finally have the chance to get back to my old lifestyle of trying to live off the land. Was away from home, or part time here for about 5-years due to family circumstances. So great to be doing it again.....


Pretty much everything off the property or hunted. Salad of; lettuce, purple mustard, broad bean shoots, nasturtium leaf, mint, spring onion, radish and borage flowers all of the property. The tomatoes, cheese, sunflower seeds, peanuts all bought. Salad dressing of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice (grapefruit from Stratford Crop Swap) and bought sesame oil. Poached duck egg from my ducks and a loin off last week's hunted goat.


Last nnight's dinner; where everything except the spices, sunflower seeds and peanuts came off the property; or was hunted.. Dry-fried wild goat mince cooked with bought spices and home-grown bay, mint and oregano. Salad of; chickweed, lettuce, purple mustard, nasturtium leaves and flowers, broad bean tips, lemon balm, parsley, mint and borage flowers. Two Chinese-style black tea and soy cured duck eggs.

OMG, that looks delicious! Nothing more satisfying than a plate full of tucker that you know exactly where it all came from. A great reward for hard, but pleasurable work

Originally Posted by Dama dama

OMG, that looks delicious! Nothing more satisfying than a plate full of tucker that you know exactly where it all came from. A great reward for hard, but pleasurable work

Thanks; it's been a long time away from it....

.if its green its mean !

You will live to be 100

Yea mate well done, looks tasty.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

You will live to be 100

Ha ha; I wish...

Well done mate, a part of me would love to able to do that....then the rest of me kicks in.......

Anyone can do it to a certain extent if they really want. My wife and I have fruit trees, nut trees, berries and vege plots. Also have a couple of chooks. All this on standard 1/4 acre kiwi section. Oh yeah, bee hive coming soon! We still have to buy veges, fruit and eggs, especially this time of year.

She gives me a good kick in the arse when we are getting low on venison. I need to do more in terms of getting kai moana...

Originally Posted by Dama dama

Anyone can do it to a certain extent if they really want. My wife and I have fruit trees, nut trees, berries and vege plots. Also have a couple of chooks. All this on standard 1/4 acre kiwi section. Oh yeah, bee hive coming soon! We still have to buy veges, fruit and eggs, especially this time of year. She gives me a good kick in the arse when we are getting low on venison. I need to do more in terms of getting kai moana...

Yup anyone can do it. I work from home which does make it easier

I really love that Wilsonart Laminate top colour

Can't remember its name though

Great looking dishes, and no spuds to be seen, loving it!

I pickle eggs for salads or general yummyness what's the go with the cured eggs? Are the hard boiled peeled then soaked in tea and soy I would have expected more colour.

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

I really love that Wilsonart Laminate top colour Can't remember its name though

It's about 20-years old but seems to be back in fashion again now! ha ha

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

I pickle eggs for salads or general yummyness what's the go with the cured eggs? Are the hard boiled peeled then soaked in tea and soy I would have expected more colour.

Yup they are hard boiled but then you crack the shell for the marinade/cure to seep in and make a marble type pattern. These were duck eggs so the shells are rubbery and hard to cleanly crack. Next time I will peel them before soaking them. Chook eggs would show the pattern better as they crack easier