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Canning & Preserving

Canning Vegetable Broth

Canning Vegetable Broth

Dilly Beans (Dill Pickled Green Beans)

Pickled Dilly Beans

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Foraging

30+ Edible Lawn Weeds (Food beneath your feet!)

Edible Lawn Weeds

Foraging Wild Lettuce (Identification & Uses)

Wild Lettuce

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Herbalism

Whipped Tallow Body Butter

Whipped tallow body butter

Dandelion Salve

Dandelion Salve

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Permaculture

20+ Perennial Vegetables That Grow in Shade

Shade tolerant perennial vegetable types

20+ Fruits That Grow in Shade

Fruits That Grow in Shade

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Off-Grid Living

Instafire Ember Off Grid Oven Review

Instafire Ember Off Grid Oven

Gravity Fed Household Water for Off-Grid Living

Gravity Fed Water for Off Grid

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Primitive Skills

How to Process Soil into Clay for Pottery

Processing Soil into Clay for Pottery

Extracting Salt From Plants for Survival

Extracting Salt from Plants for Survival

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Recent Posts

Beginner’s Guide to Composting

Composing

Homemade Tallow Soap

Tallow Soap

How to Grow Thyme

Thyme Herb

16+ Kitchen Herbs to Plant for Pollinators

Pollinator Friendly Kitchen Herbs

Freeze Drying vs. Dehydrating: What’s the Difference?

Freeze Dried Raspberries and Dehydrated Raspberries

How to Freeze Dry Mango

Freeze Dried Mango

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