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Your Practical Guide To Self Reliant Living

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Lacto-Fermentation for Beginners

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Lacto-Fermented Pickles culturing in a pickling crock with ceramic weight

How to Make Pickled Beets

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Pickled Beets

Pineapple Wine

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Homemade Pineapple Wine

How to Make a Herbal Tincture

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Homemade Yarrow Tincture (Alcohol extract of yarrow)

Foraging

DIY Elderberry Tincture

Homemade Elderberry Tincture

How to Make Witch Hazel Extract

Homemade witch hazel extract

More Foraging Posts

Herbalism

Pine Needle Tea

Pine Needle Tea

Yarrow Salve

Yarrow Salve

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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

Pedal Powered Washing Machine for Off-Grid Laundry

Using a pedal powered washing machine

Raising Dairy Goats Off the Grid

Mother goat and kids

More Off-Grid Living Posts

Permaculture

How to Grow Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa)

Nanking Cherry Bush in Fruit

60+ Unique Fruits & Nuts for Cold Climates (Zones 3-5)

Harvesting Honeyberries

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Canning & Preserving

Beginners Guide to Root Cellaring (without Root Cellar!)

Root Cellar Potatoes

How to Freeze Vegetables (A to Z Guide)

Freezing Vegetables ~ Vegetables frozen in vacuum sealed bags

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50+ Pressure Canning Recipes

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A selection of pressure canned food. Back Row (left to right): Beef Broth, Pumpkin, Tomatoes, Pinto Beans, Sweet Potato. Front Row: Pasta Sauce, Corn, Beets, Black Beans.

Canning Water for Emergencies

Canning Water for Emergencies

How to Use a Drop Spindle ~ Handspinning for Beginners

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Spinning angora on a drop spindle

Canning Corn

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Canning Corn

Canning Tomatoes (Whole or Halves)

Canning Tomatoes

Canning Onions (and French Onion Soup)

Canning Onions

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