Foraging The Elusive Mayapple
Tropical fruit flavors are not commonly detected in my neck of the woods. When they are, the experience is unforgettable. Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
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Fruits
Foraging For Mayapples
Mayapple fruits are ripe when they are as yellow as a lemon, and are soft and slightly wrinkled. Their ripening time usually occurs
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Cut-And-Come-Again Gardening Will Boost Your Production
Many vegetables can be grown, harvested, and will continue to grow for later harvests. This is called a cut-and-come-again garden, a technique used
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Food preservation tips: What kinds of food can you dehydrate?
There is almost no easier way to preserve food than to dry it. Used for thousands of years to extend the shelf-life of food without
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How to Grow Strawberries
Sweet, juicy strawberries are not only a sure sign that the summer growing season has arrived, but they are also a very popular
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How to Grow Blackberries
Blackberries are a sweet tasty treat that can easily be grown in a home garden. The perennial plants will provide plenty of fresh
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Homesteading Basics: How To Dehydrate Herbs for Long-Term Storage
Mayapple fruits are ripe when they are as yellow as a lemon, and are soft and slightly wrinkled. Their ripening time usually occurs
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Prepper’s food delight: Fruits and vegetables you can grow in your own garden
The ability to feed yourself and your family when SHTF is very important, so you may want to learn how to grow your
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Canning Pumpkin
Canning pumpkin is a great way to add more nutrition to your food pantry. Aside from making pies, pumpkin can be added to
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How to Stock a Survival Pantry
When you start to consider prepping, one of the first things you need to start prepping for is your prepper food storage. Beyond
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The Pros and Cons of Raised Garden Beds
Before we get started, I want to say that I’m a huge fan of permanent and raised garden beds. They don’t need any
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Home Canning Makes A Comeback
Home Canning dates back to the 18th century during the time where Napoleon Bonaparte realized the need to provision his army with food
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How to Grow Tomatoes
You can’t beat the flavour of home-grown tomatoes straight from the vine – and they’re so easy to sow & grow! Simply choose
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DIY MRE Alternatives
MRE’s enjoy unending popularity within prepper folds, although sometimes the issues – weight, waste, size, and expense – lead us to looking for
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How To Plant Bare-Rooted Fruit Trees
As a child I grew up in a house named The Orchard and although the land had long since been sold off several
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