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Survival Skills

28 Cool Tools You Can Make From JUST Plants

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Imagine. You're stuck in the woods with nothing but a knife and the clothes on your back. No food. No shelter. Nada. Would you be able to survive? How long do you think you would last? Would you know how to set up camp and make all of the tools and materials you would need to stay alive until help arrived or it was safe to leave (depending on the scenario)? We hope we never … [Read more...] about 28 Cool Tools You Can Make From JUST Plants

How To Make Huckleberry Ink

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Whether you're just looking to be crafty and resourceful, or you want to ensure some form of post-grid communication, knowing how to make ink from plants growing around you is a fun and useful skill to have. Historically, ink has been made from many different sources: gall, berries (blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, pokeberries, huckleberries), shaggy ink cap mushrooms, … [Read more...] about How To Make Huckleberry Ink

10 Foods You Can Grow To Make Alcohol

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Backyard gardening is a great way to either supplement your grocery store runs, or to provide a huge percentage of the food you eat. Growing fruits, vegetables, herbs and grains not only provides you with healthy alternatives to genetically modified, non-organic foods that you may buy in large chain grocery stores, it is also a great way to connect with nature. There's nothing … [Read more...] about 10 Foods You Can Grow To Make Alcohol

Homesteading in the Suburbs

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I am a homesteader. I don't live on tons of acres. Heck I don't even live on half an acre. I don't get to have more than a couple chickens, let alone the goats I've been dreaming of, and I certainly can't raise all of my own food. But still, I am a homesteader. A suburban homesteader. I live in an average town in West Michigan, I am lucky to be in a fairly homestead friendly … [Read more...] about Homesteading in the Suburbs