Tag: Frugal

Urban Foraging

Urban Foraging Regardless of your environment, you can find plants that it will provide you with nourishment in a survival situation. But you must know what to look for and know where to look for it. This  includes non-traditional growing seasons! Some plants are entirely edible from the fruit to the roots. Roots can be found year …

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Harvesting and Using Dandelion Roots

Harvesting and Using Dandelion Roots

  Harvesting and Using Dandelion Roots We talk a lot about what can be made from the dandelion flower and stalk. We actually have provided our readers with a number of recipes like these …….. Dad’s Dandelion Wine MIY Dandelion Bread Dandelion Jelly But the dandelion root itself is not only editable but can also be …

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Making Reflector Oven Bread

Making Reflector Oven Bread   Wheat, flour, cattail, or rice based bread and pastries could quickly become stables in our post SHTF diets. Knowing how to prepare and bake them under primitive circumstances will be a valued skill and one we can practice on during hunting trips, camping trips, back yard bbq’s  Too see how …

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Shingles & Siding From Soda or Beer Cans

Shingles & Siding From Soda or Beer Cans A unique and very useful way to recycle and reuse aluminum cans. In the featured article, they are using the aluminum shingles on a chicken coop but with the proper insulation and installation they could be a viable alternative for other purposes. Personally If you have an …

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Canning Hacks Make Canning Easier

Some posts may contain affiliate links Canning Hacks Make Canning Easier Whether you can a little or a lot, anything that can make that job easier is always appreciated! In addition to the pictured infographic hacks we have also included some of our links that relate to the canning process. I know I work too hard …

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DIY Solar Electronic USB Charger

DIY Solar Electronic USB Charger If you are looking to improve your DIY skills and save money at the same time this easy project is for you. This little garden light hack allows you to charge small electronic devices like phones, MP3 players etc. The cool thing about this little project is you can keep …

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DIY Creative Pallet Project

DIY Creative Pallet Project We see many many neat projects made from pallets. So many in fact that in my own home area pallets have become hard to get free anymore!  But most the wonderful creative ideas we see don’t provide detailed instructions on how to make them! I personally am not the type of person who can …

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Simon Dale’s Low Impact Woodland Home

Simon Dale's Low Impact Woodland Home

Simon Dale’s Low Impact Woodland Home Simon Dale is a family man residing in Wales, the western part of Great Britain. His interest in self-sustainability and an ecological awareness led him to dig out and build his woodland home—one of the loveliest, warmest, most inviting dwellings you could ever imagine. This is doable anywhere in the …

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Post SHTF Insulin

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Post SHTF Insulin   If you or a member of your group has diabetes you already know how important it is to include as much insulin you safely can in your preps. However should there be a long term SHTF scenario or should TEOTWAWKI occur knowing how to produce …

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Oyster Mushrooms in a Basket

Oyster Mushrooms in a Basket   I am aware many people forage for mushrooms. However the way my family eats them I would have to pick daily and with seasonal changes would never catch up enough to store them for future use!  I also am not as confident in my ability to identify which are safe and which …

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