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

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

Not exactly living off the land because I just love seeing the eels about, But the property is also providing me with free entertainment. I often think that as we age we return to the pursuits that we enjoyed as kids..... You can have food for the tummy and food for the soul off the same property. Both are pretty important....

Feeding the eels in my creek. It's the simple things that are the most fun. I love going down the creek once every 10-days or so and feed the eels. Love watching their gracefulness.... And the thought that if I fell in and drowned, the same would happen to me!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct3kNzCQZ_U

Our "pet" eel, Muriel. Tap your foot on the little jetty and out from the lily pads she comes. 2-3 pint size ones so inhabit the pond which has a small stream running thru it. Muriel is known to beat the smaller eels up, protecting her turf. Many an eel died on the end of my home-made spear as a kid. Happy to share space with this one and admire her grace. We toss the odd bit of meat to her but not so much as to make her dependent.