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Grilled Corn Salsa

September 5, 2012 By Mike

Grilled Corn Salsa Grilled Corn Salsa certainly fits my bill for Homestyle Cooking! What to do with the garden harvest as it starts to roll in is always a fun problem to have. We had some corn from the neighbors, tomatoes and basil out of our backyard, and a red onion that was dying to […]

Preparedness 101: How to Put Together a Survival Kit – A Guest Post by Lee Flynn

September 4, 2012 By Mike

Preparedness 101: How to Put Together a Survival Kit Whether it is our health, our families, or even our finances, we take every protective measure that we can in order to prevent bad things from happening. However, no matter how much we try, there will always be some things that we cannot prevent. Things like […]

Spyderco Manix 2 XL : A Gear Review

August 19, 2012 By Mike

Spyderco Manix 2 XL

Spyderco Manix 2 XL Review The Spyderco Manix 2 XLis a beast of a knife! For sheer size it is right up there with the Benchmade Contego and the Spyderco Resilience. When Spyderco combines a premium steel with an exotic handle material and thoroughly modern lock you just know they are going to hit it […]

Spyderco Zip Tie Mod – A Gear Review

August 7, 2012 By Mike

The Spyderco Zip Tie Mod is so darn simple and genius at the same time that I wish I could take credit for myself instead of just doing a quick gear review on it. I’m not exactly sure where I first read about this little trick and after some time poking around the internet I […]

5 Questions with Creek Stewart Author Of Build The Perfect Bug Out Bag

August 6, 2012 By Mike

Interview With Creek Stuart Creek Stewart author of Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag: Your 72-Hour Disaster Survival Kit and owner and head instructor at Willow Haven Outdoor was kind enough to answer 5 questions for those of us here at The Backyard Pioneer. Creek’s survival knowledge comes from experience. His life-long study of outdoor […]

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About Mike

The Backyard Pioneer
I'm a 43 year old husband, father, life long outdoorsman, and have 20+ years experience in infrastructure construction. I strive to bring you the best EDC Knife and Gear Reviews, Small Scale Homesteading, Common Sense Preparedness, and Dutch Oven Recipes.

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