Despite my enjoyment of sophisticated literature, the Little House series has always been one of my favorites. The author, Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) encouraged by her daughter Rose, wrote a series of books depicting life in the mid to late 1800s. Her family was one which homesteaded untouched […]
Free Food and Medicine
I gotta thank my wife’s cousin, Natalie, for this review, and letting me re-post the article. check out her blog at http://simplicityinallthings.blogspot.com/ Jon You might remember this book from this post here. I got it for my birthday. I am so excited to develop my new found hobby of eating wild plants! There is a guy up […]
Sewing Q & A
This is a quick Q&A I had with my wife Brita who is an avid seamstress. She’d love to answer any questions you have. Jon Of all hobbies why did you pick up sewing? “As an art major, I love to be creative. But as a mother, time is limited. So I sew clothes and […]
Watercress
In my youth I remember taking of my shoes and socks and rolling up my pants so I could walk out into the icy spring water up a Rocky Mountain canyon just to pick this leafy green little vegetable. It was so abundant that a few handfuls could fill garbage bags in seconds. I don’t […]
Clever Garden
I saw this a few weeks ago and thought it was quite clever if you live in a home with little or no garden space. I think I might give this a shot next summer, if purely for the fact that I hate weeding. Jon
Stock and Broth
At this very moment my wife is pulling the turkey bones and meaty remains out of a pot where she has had it and a handful of spices boiling out all the flavor and nutrients over the past few hours. My wife does this with the remains of foul, after straining the liquid she will […]
Wild Berries Of Idaho (Part One)
These are all berries i remember picking in my youth around Bear Lake Idaho and can be found in most of the northwest Rockies. I’d like to thank my mother for this great info, part one of three, enjoy. Jon Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana, P. melanocarpa, P. demissa) -Also known as choke berry. […]
Pine Syrup
My father is a man who loves foraging and learning what is and is not edible. He told me about this, and it’s been a big hit with the grandchildren. The idea comes from turning your Christmas tree into pine syrup. While some sites or magazine article say this sweet syrup can be made from […]
Cattails
One of the most useful and plentiful plants for foraging or survival situations are cattails. As a food plant, cattails are an outstanding emergency food source and offer a variety of food products according to the season. Nothing produces more starch per acre under cultivation than cattails, even outperforming potatoes, with more than 6,000 pounds […]
Herb Tea
There I was, sick in the tropics, no hospital within several hours of travel, and the only shops within walking distance are run out of the fronts of residencies; these little shops, or tindahans, often carry little more than snacks, soda, and some local produce. A good Filipino friend of mine was kind enough to […]
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