Chicory

Chicory.

Dandelion.

This year we have grown Chicory & Dandelion.

https://humanelivingnet.net/2013/04/09/foraging-for-chicory-greens/

18th Century Herb Use.

Off The Topic, Off The Grid. Or, A Bug-Out Retreat.

My new DVD is now available and can be ordered from the same "Buy Now" button to the left of this post.
Off the Grid DVD
Price: US $20.00
Discounted Price for Multiple Quantity Orders: US $18.00
Quantity:
Off The Grid DVD. The author shows you around part of his property & family home. He talks about how they live off the grid with their own water supply, grey water disposal, composting toilets, solar electricity, cooking on a wood fire stove, heating, gardening, water saving methods & more. Plus 9 other videos related to self-sufficiency.

DVD Contents:

Off The Grid, plus 9 more videos:

Making Tallow 1,2,and 3

Making cordage from plant fibres.

Making dipped candles.

Traps and Trapping: 

• The Figure 4 trigger and the cage trap.
• The small game snare.
• The preditor snare.
• The trail snare.



Uses for Urine in the Wilderness.

Uses For Urine In The Wilderness.

1. Urine when it is fresh and free from infection, can be used to wash out wounds.


2. Urine can be used in the mix when making gunpowder.


3. Urine can be evaporated to produce potassium nitrate.


4. Urine can be used as a garden fertilizer if diluted 8 parts water to 1 part urine.


5. Urine used neat can be used as a weed killer.


6. Used in the process of tanning animal skins.


7. Dyeing.


http://www.howtodothings.com/home-garden/how-to-use-urine-as-a-fertilizer


http://www.waldeneffect.org/blog/Using_urine_as_fertilizer_in_the_garden/


http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/5345.php


http://www.bladeturner.com/pattern/leatherhides/leatherhides.html


http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/10/unusual-uses-of-urine


http://health.amuchbetterway.com/urine-therapy-benefits-and-uses/


http://www.ayurvedic-medicines.org/ayurveda/urine-therapy.htm


http://myfivebest.com/five-strange-uses-of-urine-throughout-history/

An 18th Century Garden. Video.

Year Of The Forest 2011. A different post, but connected.

This may seem like a strange post on this sort of blog, but as many of you will know by now I am very much into primitive skills, survival and living off the grid. That is what it was all about in the 18th century.
I live in a forest, and I grow our own food. We lived for at least 25 years without any electricity, and now we supply our own but are still off the grid. This being the YEAR OF THE FOREST, I thought it very apt to make a post like this and give my followers something to think about beyond our day to day living skills. The link below is to a BBC video which I enjoyed very much and think it is well worth watching. I will also post the same video from YouTube.

http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/natural-world-a-farm-for-the-future/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+survivalspotblog+%28Survival+Spot+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Our forest home.