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How to Process Soil into Clay for Pottery

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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!)

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

Herbalism

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.

How to Grow Marshmallow Plants (Althaea officinalis)

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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.

How to Make Apple Butter (with Canning Instructions)

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

Pear Jam

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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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Practical Self Reliance

Featured Posts

60+ Uses for Wood Ash

How to Process Soil into Clay for Pottery

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Foraging

Foraging Red Blackberries (Rubus pubescens)

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

Herbalism

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

How to Grow Marshmallow Plants (Althaea officinalis)

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

How to Make Apple Butter (with Canning Instructions)

Pear Jam

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How to Make Hard Cider

Blackcurrant Jelly

How to Stratify Seeds Before Planting

Mango Jam

Gooseberry Jam

Canning Cherry Pie Filling

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