25 Unusual Lessons From Long-Term Camping
If you’ve ever gone long term camping, you’ll be nodding your head in agreement, and then will have plenty more observations to add to this list. The more camping and outdoor skills you have, the …
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Plant These Edible Flowers in Your Garden Now
The first edible flower I ever ate was a nasturtium. We had giant nasturtium plants growing in our herb garden, nearly taking over, in fact, and decided we would start consuming the orange and yellow …
10 Ways to have Hidden Gardens
Gardening is a great way to supplement your food storage. In a post-TEOTWAWKI world, though, there’s the possible problem that your neighbors or other people may see it. That could pose a real danger. Hidden …
Protecting Your Garden From Rodents and Other Small Animals
The other day I was talking to a friend who lives in one of the Rocky Mountain states. It seems that they have an unusual heavy influx of voles this year. These voles have killed …
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How to Collect Pine Nuts
Delicious and good for you The other day while out looking for edible plants, I came across some cones from the digger pines, also sometimes called gray pines. These cones were still intact and had …
Bird Hunting with a Fishing Line and Hook
First let me put in the disclaimer, I believe bird hunting with a fishing line and hooks is probably illegal in all 50 states. The only conditions under which I would ever recommend that you …
How to Identify North American Poisonous Snakes
In the area in which I live, there is a large population of poisonous snakes, namely rattlers. They are good in the sense that they consume large numbers of rodents that cause other problems. Personally, …
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Why Preppers Should Own Bikes and Know How to Maintain Them
I have had a bike sitting in a corner of my garage for some time, since I no longer ride. It is something that I have been reluctant to get rid of because I always …
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Some Advantages of Raised Bed Gardening
As we get older, we start to develop different physical complaints. Now some of these can affect our lives if we let them. For instance, both my wife and my father still like to garden, …
82 Common Edible Flowers
Yesterday I posted an article on how to hide your gardens from prying eyes. Part of the premise of the article was that today, many people cannot recognize one plant from another. Most people have …