Wild and Home Grown foods, Canning and Preserving, Foraging, Self Reliance, Homesteading, Gardening, and anything else you might want to know about simple living in the country! Hi, I'm Liz Hayes, mom to 2 wild boys and wife to Clay. In the Hayes home, we like to be self reliant and that means growing, foraging, and hunting wild game for most of what we eat. But when harvest season comes around, it also means canning and preserving the harvest. Here, you'll find simple, step by step guides to: cooking and preserving wild game, wild edible mushrooms and other plants, dehydrating, fermenting foods, and other homesteading projects!