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How to Make Comfrey Salve (and Why You Should!)

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My own homemade comfrey salve for back pain.

20+ Ways to Preserve Pumpkin and Winter Squash

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Collage of a number of different ways to preserve pumpkin

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

How to Process Soil into Clay for Pottery

Extracting Salt From Plants for Survival

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

Lion’s Mane Mushroom (Hericium Erinaceus): Identification & Uses

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Lion's Mane Mushroom growing on a beech tree

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.

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Featured Posts

Preserving Cheese in Wood Ash

How to Make Comfrey Salve (and Why You Should!)

20+ Ways to Preserve Pumpkin and Winter Squash

Homemade Apple Wine

Foraging