A study conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health indicated that people who eat from one to three chocolate bars a month live almost a year longer than t...
EXPERT KNAPPER RICK ADAMS TEACHES THE FINER POINTS OF MAKING KNIVES AND ARROWHEADS
I was conducting a class on how to make arrows the Native American way. Rick...
WASHING CLOTHES IN SURVIVAL OR PRIMITIVE CONDITIONS
A washing machine is another of those devices that modern man seems to think he can’t live without. Yet, fo...
When I was still living with my parents, we had no space at all to garden. We lived in the city. It was unthinkable then to tear up a front lawn and use it for ...
Drought is a phenomenon that's likely to occur in many parts of our country. Look at a map of North America, and you’ll see that there are many areas where the ...
When encountering a field of wild radishes in the springtime with a self-reliance class, I quickly see that the group doesn’t recognize the plants around them. ...
If you’ve ever driven through the low desert in the area of Palm Springs, California, you’ve undoubtedly driven by some of the common mesquite plants (Prosopis ...
What if you had to live off the land in the aftermath of an urban disaster? Could you live without a grocery store? Would there be enough food for you and your ...
Several years ago, a man in Los Angeles County planted some collard seeds in his backyard. He lived not far from the hilly country of the Angeles National Fores...
Along the coast, certain edible plants can be found in abundance. A select few can be found on just about any of the North American coasts. Let’s take a look at...
