Curious... Who here hunts, fishes, gardens, preserving, gathers etc?

[billc68]

I would assume many homebrewers are also into providing other food themselves, such as wild game, fresh garden fruits and vergetables and possibly even wild plants.

My grandfather liked to brew (and distill back in the day) and he had huge gardens and loved to fish and hunt etc. My father did a little of that but mostly just hunts and fishes now. Myself, I was alwasy a hunter and somewhat a fisherman and I just started brewing again about 10 months ago. I now find myself als getting back into gardening, and want to start harvesting wild plants a little as well.

This years I am growing a small vegetable garden, a small herb garden, just planted hops a few months ago. I have a small plum orchard and a few cherry and pear trees that have yet to produce ... oh and a coupel witch hazel bushes.

have been planning on harvesting some maple for years but just seem to forget about it every year.

Next I want to learn how to make preserves and come up with an amazing salsa to can.

Oh and if I ever get a few acres, i might get a bee hive as well.

What about you guys?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Gardener here. I haven't fished in years.

 

[Garr-Ro]

Garden & fish for me. I process a lot of wild game for other family members, but don't do the hunting (trade the processing for some of the take).

 

[Bedlam]

Small garden and would very much like to get better at canning/preserving. I have planted some roma tomatoes and hoping to get some sun-dried ones outta that batch. There's a lot of experimenting going on at my house this season!

Gathering is probably my favorite thing...blackberries, blueberries and ginseng. I have yet to make a successful jelly or fruit preserve, but I feel like this is my year.

 

[Shooter]

Fishin' - Nope
Huntin' - Nope
Growin' Crops - Nope
Preservin' Said Crops - Nope
Gatherin' - Does my Spoons of Many Nations collection count? Otherwise, Nope

Man, there goes your theory Bill!

 

[boo boo]

I hunt, trout, salt water fish, and do my own preserves including pickles and beet.
I do make an awesome pizza also.

 

[Daddymem]

Used to hunt.
I fish.
I garden.
I can veggies.
I freeze veggies.
I ferment pickles, sauerkraut, and dilly beans.
I dehydrate herbs and veggies.

 

[Sacdan]

Yes to all of the above.

 

[ChshreCat]

Haven't fished in a long time, but since we bought our first house I've found I have many neighbors with boats so I keep giving them homebrew and am waiting for the invitation that should be coming soon.

We also started a little gardening. Didn't have much time with everything that needed to be done with the new house and my daughter's accident, but we have about 6 different varieties of tomato plants, some chili plants, peppers, strawberries, peas and some herbs growing. SWMBO is working on learning how to can so we can start doing that. We have a dehydrator so I plan on drying some of the tomatoes and chilis and putting them up for winter.

I gave up hunting with a gun because I have the worst luck. Years and years I'd go out and never even see a sign of a deer. If I go out unarmed or just with a camera... it's a bambi convention and I'm the guest of honor.

 

[PsicloneRN]

Hunt and fish.

Pulled a bighorn sheep tag this year

 

[HoppyDaze]

Hunt and fish.

Pulled a bighorn sheep tag this year

Lucky you! Shoot a big Ram for me

I brew, hunt, fish, garden, hunt shrooms, going to do some canning this year. I don't like sweets enough to make preserves.

 

[billc68]

Fishin' - Nope
Huntin' - Nope
Growin' Crops - Nope
Preservin' Said Crops - Nope
Gatherin' - Does my Spoons of Many Nations collection count? Otherwise, Nope

Man, there goes your theory Bill!

Oh? it does? my theory was that there was likely many here who did the same, I didn't say all...

 

[billc68]

I brew, hunt, fish, garden, hunt shrooms, going to do some canning this year. I don't like sweets enough to make preserves.

Well, canning is preserving, whether it is sugary or not.

I hoping to soon be brewing some of my own crops as well, raspberries, plums, etc. I thin technically, fermenting is a form a preserving, how else am I going to consume the my fall plums all year round?

 

[azscoob]

I havent hunted in years, but I do still fish, I have a garden, I pickle assorted veggies, have operated a still.

 

[Shooter]

Oh? it does? my theory was that there was likely many here who did the same, I didn't say all...

Sure, but I think we both know that they don't really matter!

 

[ChshreCat]

Pulled a bighorn sheep tag this year

That's one I've never tried. What's it taste like?

 

[Short Drive]

Sounds like the OP is describing YooperBrew.

 

[triethylborane]

Fly fish whenever I can:

 

[JOHN51277]

I fish just about every weekend. I hunt when the season is open, deer, hogs, small game. I have a small garden, and I used to gather wild stuff when i lived up north. Now I am in FL and the woods can be very very thick in the warmer months.

 

[Franzi]

Gardening is great. The next thing I pick up is hunting since just last week a bunch of deer managed to eat every single one of my pepper plants along with the tops of a bunch of tomato plants before deciding they don't care for tomatoes.

Things to buy: shotgun, meat grinder, sausage spices.

 

[ibbones]

I have a garden every year but I am still a wanna be at canning. No hunting or fishing (and I live 30 miles from the bay)

 

[Zul'jin]

Hunting: Used to but it's just too damn expensive now. Good hunting around here means driving out to a several thousand dollar a year lease.

Fishing: Just can't get into fresh water fishing. When I live by salt water, fishing was what I did.

Gardening: Yes. 128 sq ft of food this year. Will be bigger next year.

Preserve: I dry and freeze stuff.

Gather: If I see it, I get it.

 

[BeerWars]

I fish whenever I can.

I love to grow food, herbs, spices, flowers from seed to seed. I start with seed, and harvest seeds from all my plants for the next season. I have only been doing this for a few years but it is really cool to have a little seedbank and see plants grow that have been selectively bred. Cant wait to get a house so I can have more room. I just wished I lived in a warmer climate so I could have an avocado, and other fruit trees.

 

[surreal_trip]

I have a pretty serious garden, I've had hops for a few years for a buddy of mine as well...
I can also do a fair job of fishing and trapping though my bird trapping needs some serious work...
on top of that I can I've got the sort of basic survivalist back packing skills to get along pretty well in Canada's Northern climes.... but screw that I wanna stick by the beer!

 

[Yooper]

Sounds like the OP is describing YooperBrew.

Yeah, I'm in the "hunter gatherers" category for sure.

Let's see, I:

Hunt (deer mostly, but grouse as well and whatever else comes my way)
Fish
Pick wild fruit
Garden (mostly Bob's job, though!)
Make cheese from fresh goat's milk
Preserve
Make soap and lotions (that's a new hobby)

I think that's about it, at least that I can think of right now. Tonight for dinner, we had bluegill and vegetables from our garden. We didn't have anything bought from a store today. Even the wine was from chokecherries picked two summers ago.

 

[coolitamigo]

Vegetarian here, but my family keeps a decent garden. I will probably try to grow some hops when I am able.

 

[babalu87]

Fly fish whenever I can:

THAT is some GOOD EATIN!

Fish
Hunt
Some jelly, maters, freeze some stuff, hops etc
Even fire up that thar dee hydrator once in a while

 

[Shooter]

Tonight for dinner, we had bluegill and vegetables from our garden.

Some day you're going to have to give me your tips for growing bluegill!

 

[MetallHed]

fish (catfish, bluegill, crappie, and smallmouth) and hunt (whitetail)

would like to do a salsa garden but renting right now so I just plant flowers in pots to spruce up the front of our building

 

[Yooper]

Some day you're going to have to give me your tips for growing bluegill!

LOL- it's not as easy as it sounds!
But I do have a place on a bluegill/bass lake that makes it easier- that's my first tip. Buy a house on a noted blue gill lake.