Posts by Ken Graham
Earliest in the year one could deep water solo in Majorca? Well it is safe to say that the month of March is somewhat too cold. People in Mallorca go swimming in October. But then the water temp...
Water preparation on desert hiking? It is almost impossible to training the body for hacking or trekking in the desert, especially if one is not use to it. Heat acclimatization seems to be a much...
How to touch up scratches on a black anodized aluminum flashlight? Try using black nail polish on your flashlight . But make sure it is a good quality nail polish and not something from the Dollar...
How to trap and relocate raccoons? Raccoons are extremely clever and will quite easily try to outsmart you if they can. Some years ago I had a huge problem with raccoons at our henhouse. One day,...
Can I eat the rabbits my cat catches? The short answer is yes, but most people would not. Our cat would do the same thing as yours, when we lived in the country. Sometimes the rabbit was just as ...
There are many activities one can do on Crown Land in Canada. The price of permits and particular rules will change from province to province. For example in British Columbia one may participate i...
What animals can kill a porcupine? Porcupines are covered with quills that painfully stick into almost any predator that tries to attack them. For this reason, porcupines do not have to fear be...
It has been a while since I actually did fishing on a beach, but when I do, it is always with someone. We usually get there early enough so we can get some bait for fishing (sea worms from under t...
Snowshoes will fit on either right or left foot, most people recommend facing the binding buckles toward the outside of your feet as it keeps the buckles from coming into contact with one another. ...
Here is some food for thought: Autumn is the time to come and enjoy the fruits of nature’s labour. During August and September, the forests burst to life with berries, edible wild mushrooms (ch...
There are many sources of vitamin C in the wild. Some of the tricks that I have come across is to know how to extract it in ways that do not destroy the vitamin C. Berries are great in vitamin C an...
The fish in the above image is a Mayan cichlid (Mayaheros urophthalmus sym. Cichlasoma urophthalmum). Short Description "Cichlasoma urophthalmus is a medium sized cichlid fish. Adults rang...
When I lived in the southern US, I used to ware men's crocs all the time. They are great for walking in and traversing small bodies of water. They dry off in just a minute or two and have rather go...
Here are a few ideas or you to ponder. Plant or move fruit trees and vegetable gardens, especially tomato plants, away from your home to prevent stink bugs from landing on the exterior of yo...
We had this same problem with our family tent (6 person tent) while camping in the interior of British Columbia. And it gets hot there. First of all, color maybe beneficial for you. Try choosing ...
As a tailor, I would say that it is either the water proofing is breaking down or if it contains a fabric glue binding two types of fabric together is disintegrating. This is almost impossible to ...
I would use krazy glue as long as the shoe is clean. Do not cut the loose thread, but using a needle hide the thread between some fabric. Put the crazy glue along the entire section of stitching ...
What part of the world has the most varieties of corals in a concentrated area? Of coarse this question can only be qualified by an accurate definition of what the OP means by a concentrated area...
Why use blue lights on your porch? Blue light deter druggies from injecting themselves because they cannot see their veins so easily. Junkies keep away! Blue lighting is sometimes used in publ...
When I was young, we would hunt both rabbits and grouse with a .177 caliber air rifle and found them fine for hunting. We made it a point of using pointed pellets while hunting: A selection of...
Just thought to expand the topic a little more. What is pictured in Sue's question is floating nest for birds. There are a number of birds that prefer the safety of raising their young away from t...
It is thought that noise generally will not be affective to make copperheads slither away. Making a lot of noise frightens snakes. Mostly false. For one thing, "snakes lack external ear op...
I am interested in knowing if there are any military style obstacle course trails that exist in a completely forested setting for the military, police, search and rescue, and so on, yet are open to...
If anyone has hiked in the woods knows that noise may not travel very far, especially in dense forested areas. So the use of any whistle would imply that group members should be relatively close to...
Many years ago, while hiking with a friend, we came across a particular point in the trail which was rather dangerous. If one slipped, the fall would surely be fatal. What struck me most is the fa...
