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60+ Uses for Wood Ash

Uses for Wood Ash from Woodstoves

10 Luxuries We Have Off Grid (that most suburban homes don’t…)

Greenhouse at Off Grid Homestead

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Foraging

Foraging Red Blackberries (Rubus pubescens)

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A handful of wild foraged red blackberries (Rubus pubescens)

20+ Edible Weeds in Your Garden (with recipes!)

A spread of edible weeds including dandelion, pineapple weed, sorrel, mallow, clover, lambs quarter and more.

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Herbalism

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

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

How to Grow Marshmallow Plants (Althaea officinalis)

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Marshmallow Flower

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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

Raising Dairy Goats Off the Grid

Mother goat and kids

Maintaining Off Grid Systems in Winter

Vermont Off Grid Home in winter

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Permaculture

30+ Perennial Vegetables We Grow on our Permaculture Homestead

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

How to Grow Rhubarb from Seed

Handful of rhubarb seed

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Canning & Preserving

Blackcurrant Jelly

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Homemade Blackcurrant Jelly ~ No pectin added recipe for canning

Mango Jam

Homemade mango jam on a spoon showing how thick the jam got naturally without pectin.

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Recent Posts

How to Stratify Seeds Before Planting

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

Gooseberry Jam

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A jar of gooseberry jam, top view with a spoon holding a bit of jam to show the firm set achieved even without pectin.

Canning Cherry Pie Filling

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Quart Jars of home canned cherry pie filling using tart cherries (AKA Sour cherries or pie cherries)

St. Johns Wort Plant ~ Identification and Uses

Harvesting St. Johns Wort Plant in the Wild

Haskap Jam (Honeyberry Jam)

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Homemade honeyberry jam (Haskap Jam) without pectin sits on a marble countertop, open and with a spoon in the jar

Setting Up an Outdoor Canning Kitchen

Our outdoor canning kitchen

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