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Devils Club an herbal remedy
DEVILS CLUB IS MUCH MALIGNED BY ANYONE THAT SPENDS TIME IN THE BACKCOUNTRY BUT LIKE MOST PLANTS HAS MANY MEDICINAL AND HERBAL USES AS WELL! // ]]> Scientific Name: Echinopanax horridum Common...
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Medicinal herbs are a wonderful thing for you to grow in your gardens. Look at what grows naturally and see what local native tribes have used them for in the past. Decoctions from birch bark was known...
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Survival Foraging Post 1: Lichen
Iceland Moss (eryngo leaved liverwort) // ]]> Cetraria Islandica, and other Cetraria species Habitat: Common bare, rocky, or rather sandy soil. Grows in cushions and sometimes mats, has narrow...
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Survival Foraging Post 2
Another Part in my series on edible plants in Alaska and the North, eventually i hope to cover about 95% of everything, but to keep it more interesting and easier to read, it will be in small parts!...
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Survival Foraging: Post 3 Trees
Another entry into my Survival Foraging Series GREAT NORTHERN PREPPER OUT! Birch // ]]> Betula species Habitat: Grows in most environments from dry slops to muskeg and peat bogs Uses: Bark, Sap The...
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Survival Foraging: Cattails: The Walmart of the Wild
Cattails // ]]> Typha latifolia Habitat: Found in every state of the U.S. including Alaska, as well as in most of Canada. Prefers saturated/flooded areas such as wet meadows, marshes, fens, ponds,...
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Survival Foraging: Club Moss
CLUB MOSS Lycopodium Species Other Names: Stiff Club Moss, Vegetable Sulfur, Wolfs Claw Habitat: Coniferous woods, rocky place. Found from Northern Alaska to the Yukon, California, Washington, Oregon...
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Survival Foraging: Puffballs
PUFFBALLS Lycoperdon Species Calvatia Species OTHER NAMES: Devils Snuffbox, Chicken of the Woods HABITAT: Puffballs flourish in areas such as lawns, meadows, tundra and roadsides. Puffballs can be...
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Survival Foraging: Field Mint
FIELD MINT Mentha arvensis OTHER NAMES: Wild mint, pole mint, brook mint, indian mint, Canada mint HABITAT: Can be found in fields, moist areas, banks of streams and lakes. The Field Mint ranges...
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Solar/Lunar Herbal Infusions
http://www.greatnorthernprepper.com/?p=2901&preview=true // ]]> So Ive spoken about Herbal Infusions before when making tea, but here is a easy and natural method for doing this. SOLAR...
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Window Soda Bottle Herb Garden
// ]]> Today I talk about a cool project you can do in your house with little to now space, just a window. Now you can change this to fit your window, so the dimensions and amount of bottles to be...
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Treating MRSA Post SHTF
I’m sure that most of you have heard of MRSA, whose full name is “Methicillian-resistant Staphylococcus aureus” and is often called a “SUPERBUG” since it is resistant to most antibiotics that are used...
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