Winter Storm Preparedness: Don’t Get Caught Unready Have you ever been caught in a winter storm without power? Were you comfortable? Did you promise yourself you’d prepare better next time—only to forget once life returned to normal? With the rise in weather-related disasters (and no, it’s not your imagination—they really are increasing), winter preparedness is […]

How to Find, Purify, and Store Water When You’re Truly on Your Own You can survive weeks without food. You can survive two to three days without water. First, a little story – Have you heard of the ultramarathon runner, Mauro Prosperi, who became lost in the desert during a sandstorm while on a race […]

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How to Feed Yourself When No One Is Coming to Help In most disasters, people don’t starve because food doesn’t exist — they starve because they don’t know what food actually matters. When supply chains break, grocery stores empty, and government aid is delayed or never arrives, the difference between panic and stability comes down […]

What’s a better way to get into the Thanksgiving than foraging? Reconnect with your ancestors and kindle your feeling of thankfulness by taking a walk in a nearby park, field, or forest and foraging a few easy plants to add amazing flavor and nutrition to your holiday! Chickweed Pesto Chickweed (Stellaria media) is an amazing […]

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White Clover is a common garden and lawn “weed.” However, it is edible and makes a tasty, nutricious, and medicinal tea! Identification: Leaves: 3 elliptical leaflets together on one stalk; occationally a 4 leaf clover can be found Flowers: Bloom from March October. Flowers are white and turn brown over time. They are 8 mm […]

With inflation what it is today, most of us are looking for ways to save a buck here and there on food. Since gardening can be a costly endeaver after buying land, topsoil, garden tools, seeds, and putting in hours of your time into it, foraging can be a great alternative. The only expense in […]

Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum), also called Hemp Dogbane, is a very useful wild plant, but also very poisonous. It can be deadly to pets, so you really don’t want it in your yard. However, it can be used to make very strong, very thin string, so it’s a great survival plant to know. Habitat: Wetlands, ditches, […]

Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus) is a mushroom that grows wild throughout much of the United State, Europe, and Asia. It can be found on decaying hardwood trees, such as oak and hickory. Generally, when you find Lion’s Mane, it will be far up the side of a tree, but occasionally you can reach it. This […]