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Late summer and early fall are great times to harvest some of nature’s most nutritious bounty – nuts. For both Native Americans and early colonists of our country, foraging for nuts was a large part of preparing for the winter ...

Autumn is a spectacular time to enjoy the cooler temperatures and bright colors as you gather herbs for winter. It is also one of the best times of the year to harvest bark, seeds and roots. While you are out ...

There have been numerous stories of woodsmen and other people who spend time in the outdoors being stranded in the wilderness. Many of them stayed there, and perished. Some have never yet been found. However, a lot of them emerged ...

Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is a member of the mustard family and has a noticeable garlic aroma — hence its name. In Europe, this plant is loved and used by many rural people, but in North America it is often ...

Perhaps you’ve been researching the lifestyle of self-sufficiency for a while. You’ve started growing a garden, have a small flock of chickens and have begun living your life in a more frugal manner. So far you’re really enjoying the lifestyle ...

Cattails grown in a multitude of places around the United States, and if eaten correctly, can be a superb source of energy-bearing nutrients. Knowing what you can and can’t eat safely when in either a short or long-term survival situation ...

As we discussed in the last article, foraging is a useful skill and a fulfilling hobby. Foraging is a wonderful excuse to spend time with the kids or to take a quiet walk in the woods. At the same time, ...

There has been a lot of space devoted in the homesteading literature to the things that you can produce from the land. That’s okay, because the back bone of any homestead is the food that you can produce with your ...

Foraging is a basic survival skill that everybody needs to master. You need to master foraging because it is a great means of gathering nutritious organic food for free. Many of us are aware of foraging as a wilderness survival ...

Gathering food (trapping, hunting, fishing, and foraging) is probably the most difficult aspect of bushcraft.  While it is not as difficult as it sounds, it is still something that requires practice.  Where things get tricky for folks who dabble in ...