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Why Our Pioneer Ancestors Loved Vinegar Pie  Many people today wince at the thought of a Vinegar pie.  However, our pioneer ancestors loved it and used apple-cider vinegar to take the place of lemon or lime juice to make this ...

One of best reasons for starting your own seedlings indoors is the cost-savings. When young plants are in their prime at nurseries and garden centers they also have a premium price. If you’re planting an ambitious garden, it can get ...

It was a food invented by the Native Americans, who depended on it when traveling on long and adventurous journeys when food was scarce, or when there simply wasn’t time to hunt and gather enough to eat. That was a ...

1. Gravlax I’ve been to many delis and enjoyed lox on a bagel.  It was never cheap until I figured out how to make my own.  Here’s the ingredient list and the directions: Ingredients 1 box of coarse Kosher salt ...

It’s a simple fact. Power outages happen. Any outage always presents challenges, but an outage in winter presents a whole new set of challenges. Some outages affect a city block, others a whole neighborhood or region. The cause is typically ...

Any outdoor survival situation eventually requires some degree of hunting and gathering. Unfortunately, there are far fewer plants and animals in winter than you might find in more temperate seasons. Curiously, though, mushrooms in winter are an option — but ...

When the weather outside is frightful, it can be a challenge for people dependent on a wood-burning stove for heat. The question is: How can you improve the efficiency of your wood stove? An obvious answer is to buy a ...

We usually ignore them and don’t even notice them, but they’re one of the most primitive lifeforms on Earth. They’re also good eatin’. They are lichens, a form of algae with a fungus membrane to support the plant. But they ...

I have a cabin in Michigan that’s heated with two wood-burning stoves. A wood-burning cookstove in the kitchen and a wood-burning box-stove in the living room. Between the two of them, they keep the cabin toasty and warm in the ...

Foraging for wild plants, berries, nuts and mushrooms in the wild is an essential survival skill. But one thing I’ve learned the hard way is that they don’t provide an abundance of calories and protein. Fortunately, many small and large ...