“What the heck is fermented feed and why on earth would you want to give it to chickens? Fermentation has been used for hundreds of years by many
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Rose Petal Salve Recipe
“This week, I’m sharing a few recipes from my new eBook: Things To Do With Roses. Today’s project is Rose Petal Salve! I like to enrich this with
Making Compost Tea – How To Make Liquid Fertilizers
“There’s nothing like a pick-me-up… a nice cuppa that is. How about making compost tea to perk up your plants. Many people simply wither without their regular cup
10 Seed Starting Tips
“Few gardening pursuits are as rewarding as growing your own plants from seed. As the nursery manager at the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants at Monticello, I have started
The Definitive Guide To Traditional Food Preparation & Preservation
“Before huge multinational corporations did it for us, humans had to figure out how to turn raw, unrefined formerly-living things into food that could be cooked or eaten.
Use Of Springs For Drinking Water
“How to protect the sanitation of sources of spring water… Open water springs, and similar containers have been used for centuries to supply water to buildings. If the
Replanting Green Onions
“Yesterday I planted one of our beds out in green onions. Not seeds or sets mind you but with scraps of root ends that get chopped off in
Natural Remedies For Ear Infection
“If your little one has ever had an ear infection, you know how miserable it can be. Pumpkin, our four-year-old, just had her very first ear infection a
How To Dehydrate Eggs
“I don’t usually do dehydrating tutorials, though, because it’s so very simple. Usually you just slice the food thin and pop it in the dehydrator. Hardly tutorial-worthy, eh?
Meals In Jars – Long Term Food Storage
“About six months ago we began storing food. Buckets and buckets of organic beans, rice, quinoa, millet, oatmeal, popcorn, etc. now fill the once empty spaces of our
How To Make Bread In A Slow Cooker
“Are you sitting down? Ok, good. Because what I’m about to tell you might just blow your mind: you can make a loaf of fresh, warm, homemade bread
How To Can Whole Blueberries
“In the amount of time it took me to make a cup of coffee he’d set himself up to preserve a batch of fresh berries he’d bought at
How To Store The Summer Harvest For The Winter Kitchen
“During the winter months, when the ground is covered by a thick blanket of snow, there’s something particularly satisfying about still being able to eat food from your
Making Elderberry Wine
“I am making Elderberry Wine! I would say “I made elderberry wine,” but since it’s not in bottles yet, I consider the thing still in process. But I
How To Make Apple Vinegar From Scratch
“We first we collected the leftover peels and cores and put them in shallow pie dishes, then added enough water to cover the scraps by about an inch
How To Preserve Herbs
“As the summer begins to draw to a close, I still have a lot of beautiful herbs in my garden. I can’t possibly use them all in recipes
Build Yourself A Portable Home – A Mongolian Yurt
“A guide to Building Yurts…or more specifically, how I built mine! Based on Knowledge Gained from “Doing it Myself”, and reading about it on-line. I’ve now built three
How To Make A Solar Water Heater From Plastic Bottles
“José Alano is a model of creativity in tackling environmental problems in Brazil. In 2002, the retired mechanic transformed a pile of plastic bottles and cartons into a
Plants That Heal Wounds
“Ouch! What was that? A mosquito bite, a sting, or a small cut that you get outdoors can be painful. Luckily, there are plants that can help you
How Anyone Can Be More Self Sufficient
“I firmly believe that being self sufficient is one of the most important things a person can do. We rely on someone else for almost everything in our
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