4 Wild Teas Preppers Should Know These wild teas are a fantastic source of nutrients and can really help keep morale up if you find yourself stuck in the wilderness especially in the cooler nights. If you’re not sure about all this plant eating and foraging, don’t let a few bad plants scare you away …
How to Identify Poison Ivy I have attempted to enlarge this enough to make it readable! I have never had poison ivy and hope by being aware and cautious never will! This is an aggregated site. Please be aware some of the sites we link you to could have pop ups. We have no …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Cattails: Swamp Supermarket – Includes Recipes If you know how to eat a cattail correctly, you could have a great source of nutrients and much needed energy if you choose to forage now or after a SHTF event. Cattails pretty much grow everywhere, on the side of the …
Benefits of Acorns+ Recipes There are many article on the web about making coffee with acorns and how to make acorn flour. But there are not many articles on what health and medical benefits this little nut can give us. The native Americans used them for lots of things. One of the great medical benefits of …
Urban Foraging Regardless of your environment, you can find plants that it will provide you with nourishment in a survival situation. But you must know what to look for and know where to look for it. This includes non-traditional growing seasons! Some plants are entirely edible from the fruit to the roots. Roots can be found year …
Foraging Safely -Common Non-Edible Plants Many of us are learning about foraging and edible plants as we become a more health conscious and prepared society. But we must remember to choose the plants we decide to eat with care as the wrong one can make you extremely ill. It is an old tale that …
Simple Weed Can be Used To Improve Health & Make Beer The stinging nettles grow in the wild virtually everywhere in the world. This weed can easily be found during a hike in the woods or along the roadside. The primary nutritional value the plant is often heralded for is its fiber and calcium content. Strong …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Foraging Safely The featured article tells us there is such a thing as a free lunch, or almost free, by foraging safely. The edible wild plants around you can add to your plate both now and during lean times. Never eat a plant you are unable to identify. Although many plants around …
Getting Started: Survival Basics We all have to start somewhere, even our troops. But there are so many considerations. So where to start and how? What is most important and what do I have to buy? What can I make on my own, which knowledge is the first I should obtain? Lack of what skill …
Why Eat Bugs? & Bug Recipes! Ok, I have seen many pages on Facebook posting about eating bugs but never any real people saying they have tried them. Today you get to see REAL people eat bugs and telling you what they think in the video linked below. It’s not for the faint of …
