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How to Process Soil into Clay for Pottery

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Foraging Butter Nuts (Juglans cinerea): Butternut Tree Identification and Processing

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My two year old son holding a few wild foraged butternuts (husked, cured and dried)

50+ Edible Wild Berries & Fruits ~ A Foragers Guide

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Basket full of wild edible berries, fruit and nuts all harvested within a few hours in autumn in Vermont.

Herbalism

Homemade Herbal Shampoo Recipe

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How to Make Arnica Oil & Salve (Plus How to Use Them)

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A jar of Arnica Oil infusing as a herbal home remedy for sprains, strains and muscle pain.

Primitive Skills

Extracting Salt From Plants for Survival

How to Make Primitive Arrows – The Basics

Two homemade Bone primitive arrowheads attached with pine pitch and sinew.

Off-Grid Living

Raising Dairy Goats Off the Grid

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Maintaining Off Grid Systems in Winter

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Permaculture

30+ Perennial Vegetables We Grow on our Permaculture Homestead

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Perennial Vegetables Clockwise from Top Left ~ Sunchokes, Linden Buds, Milkweed and Dock.

100+ Dehydrator Recipes ~ Food Dehydrator Recipes for Fruit, Veggies, Meat & More

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Collage of healthy food dehydrator recipes

Canning Potatoes ~ How to Pressure Can Potatoes at Home

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How to Make Apple Butter (with Canning Instructions)

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Homemade Apple Butter ~ This thick apple butter was made without added sugar.

How to Stratify Seeds Before Planting

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Sea Buckthorn seedlings sprouting after a long 90 days of cold, moist stratification.

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Featured Posts

60+ Uses for Wood Ash

How to Process Soil into Clay for Pottery

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Foraging

Foraging Butter Nuts (Juglans cinerea): Butternut Tree Identification and Processing

50+ Edible Wild Berries & Fruits ~ A Foragers Guide

Herbalism

Homemade Herbal Shampoo Recipe

How to Make Arnica Oil & Salve (Plus How to Use Them)

Primitive Skills

Extracting Salt From Plants for Survival

How to Make Primitive Arrows – The Basics

Off-Grid Living

Raising Dairy Goats Off the Grid

Maintaining Off Grid Systems in Winter

Permaculture

30+ Perennial Vegetables We Grow on our Permaculture Homestead

How to Grow Rhubarb from Seed

Canning & Preserving

100+ Dehydrator Recipes ~ Food Dehydrator Recipes for Fruit, Veggies, Meat & More

30+ Ways to Preserve Apples

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Canning Potatoes ~ How to Pressure Can Potatoes at Home

How to Make Apple Butter (with Canning Instructions)

Pear Jam

How to Make Hard Cider

Blackcurrant Jelly

How to Stratify Seeds Before Planting

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