Some posts may contain affiliate links. A Pictorial Guide to 13 Herbs For all of us visual learners this can be a great tool for learning which herbs are which in their fresh or wild form! It can even be printed out for foraging expeditions done for enjoyment or out of necessity. I am much more …
Foraging for Winter Wild Berries Did anyone else do this as a child? I vividly remember picking wild berries in open fields and along roadsides for my grandmother’s preserves as a child. I know I am aging myself by saying that! As this was back when it wasn’t a legal issue to do so. When I …
Medicinal Plant MAP I love this map! Even if you are good with plants and know those surrounding you, In a crisis situation you could be forced out of your own area. Those displaced by super storms can tell you the confusion and angst of trying to figure out day to day life in normal …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Dangerous Beauty – Giant Hogweed Plant At first glance when I saw this article and others on this extremely dangerous plant, I thought it was Queen Anne’s Lace! As you can see from the pictures (the above is Hogweed and the one below is Queen Anne’s Lace) they look …
Poisonous plants quiz At this point I usually tell you that quizzes are really just a fun testing tool and not to take them too seriously. To just use the quiz as a tool to tell you what areas you might want to do some more research. After all who writes them? and what are their …
Off-grid When the Stockpile Is Gone Stockpiling some food products is only smart for a long- or short-term crisis scenario. Many people disagree saying that for the long term a stockpile will do you no good. It will eventually run out and then where will you be? I both agree and disagree with that statement and …
A Phone App Identifies Plants From Your Picture! We get a number of pictures from readers asking what this or that pictured plant is. I am by no means a plant expert, but on occasion one or more of our other readers are able to give a name to the unknown greenery. That still leaves …
MIY Dandelion Moonshine I no longer see the lowly dandelion as a weed! I am constantly amazed by its creative edible uses! It grows wild everywhere and for years we have fought to rid our lawns and gardens of it. I no longer fight the dandelion I embrace it as another of mother nature’s gifts. …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Prepping Lessons Learned In Hawaii The featured article is one person’s learning experiences about prepping while living in Hawaii. Prepping is different in Hawaii than on the mainland United States for a number of reasons. First of course because it is a tropical climate, it’s an island, and even …
Edible Landscaping We can’t all be homesteaders and some of us can’t even be true outdoor gardeners either. There are space limitations, time management limitations, and even HOA limitations. But the majority of us even those that rent do have the ability to contribute to the landscaping of the property in pots or in the …
