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Practical Self Reliance

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How to Make Soap ~ Soap Making for Beginners

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soapmaking

70+ Uses for Wood Ash

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Uses for Wood Ash from Woodstoves

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Foraging

60+ Elderflower Recipes

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Basket of Elderflowers

Foraging Usnea Lichen (Edible & Medicinal)

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Foraging Usnea

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Herbalism

Elderflower Jelly

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Elderflower Jelly

Foraging Wild Violets (Viola sp.)

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Foraging Wild Violets ~ A handful of wild violet flowers and leaves for identification and use as herbal medicine or food

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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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Off-Grid Living

How to Use a Wood Cookstove

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Wood Cookstove

Pedal Powered Washing Machine for Off-Grid Laundry

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Using a pedal powered washing machine

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Permaculture

How to Grow Hardy Kiwi (Hardy to -40 degrees!)

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Hardy Kiwi Fruit

Growing Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus (Hardy to Zone 4)

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Northern Prickly Pear Cactus

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Canning & Preserving

50+ Meal in a Jar Canning Recipes

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Beef Stew Ingredients

12+ Rhubarb Canning Recipes

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Rhubarb Canning Recipes

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Canning Strawberry Pie Filling

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Canning Strawberry Pie Filling

Planning an Emergency Food Supply for Your Family

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Emergency Food Supply Options

Rhubarb Juice Concentrate (with Canning Instructions)

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Canning Rhubarb Juice

Emergency Water: Best Options for Filtration, Purification & Storage

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Emergency Water Filtration

Planting Sprouted Garlic (Spring Garlic Planting)

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Planting Sprouted Garlic

50+ Fruit Canning Recipes from A to Z

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Fruit Canning Recipes

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