Harvesting & Eating Acorns Native Americans have been making use of acorn meal for centuries. It’s a reasonable substitute for flour in a SHTF scenario or for off grid cooking. Harvesting and eating acorns has been almost a lost art. Now we can revive it again for this generation. Check out the featured link below and receive …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Dad’s Dandelion Wine My dad has been gone now more then 17 years, but nothing reminds me of better times with him then his dandelion wine except of course his MIY root beer! When we were kids, he used to pay us kids a penny per dandelion! LOL Here is …
19 Wild Urban Edibles When we speak of foraging 99 times out of 100, we are referring to wooded and swampy areas and not an urban environment. However, not everyone is going to just happen to be in a rural area on the day a SHTF event occurs. More numbers than we can count will …
13 Unusual Frugal Tips I must admit that when I first saw the title of this article (13 Things Frugalists Do That Confuse and Scare Others) I was compelled by the title to check it out. What could they possibly be doing so shocking and scary? One of the reasons why I didn’t use it to …
Harvesting & Eating Tree Bark I was amazed to learn that you could eat tree bark. I knew that the pine tree needles had nutritional value and the tea made from them medicinal uses. Done correctly the inner bark of most pine varieties, the slippery elm, black birch, yellow birch, red spruce, black spruce, balsam …
SHTF Protein Sources There are folks who get upset when survival sites post how to catch, butcher, a cook meat, particularly when it involves animals that aren’t normally what you can buy in the grocery store. Everyone is entitled to their own feelings on eating meat and should follow through on their preference as long as they remain …
Foraging During Winter The tendency when we think of foraging is to assume it’s a spring and summer activity. But that isn’t so. Foraging can be accomplished year round regardless of climate if you know what you’re looking for and where it can most likely be found. Although the yields are much higher and more …
Scavenging Items After a SHTF crisis eventually most of us will have to do some scavenging. We are aware of the obvious things to look for like fuel, generators, batteries, canned goods etc.. However there are other less obvious things we should also consider. After such an event becoming adaptable and resourceful will be your …
Some posts may contain affiliate links The Incredible Plantain – Not Just a Weed! I can’t think of anywhere I have ever lived or visited where I didn’t see this little weed growing somewhere! It’s known among the Native American‘s as an earth healing plant. It tends to grow most often where the earth has been …
Natural Antibiotics that Destroy (non-COVID) Super Bugs After a major event there will be injuries and with the poor conditions that are likely to exist after word very like many of those injuries will become infected. Super bugs like MRSA will have an open breeding ground. Without appropriate medical care and pharmaceuticals readily available enter …
