Category: Prepping
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[Advanced Apocalypse Survival Handbook] Natural Medicine & Herbal Remedies — “Building a Backyard Apothecary”
This guide focuses on growing, identifying, and utilizing medicinal plants for health and survival in challenging conditions. It highlights essential herbs, preparation methods, safety rules, and community roles. Emphasizing herbal medicine’s importance for self-reliance, it also discusses the barter value of remedies and offers a low-budget starter toolkit. [Advanced Apocalypse Survival Handbook] Natural Medicine &…
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Things To Forage In July
July is an interesting month; a lot of the greens of spring struggle around this time, but you’ve not yet reached the harvest. It’s almost like an empty period. Everything’s hot, people are sleepy, and you’re just enjoying the lazy summer days…or trying to survive the sun! One of the epic things it does have?…
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[Off-Grid Living Ideas] When Your Ferments Become Sentient: A Horror Survival Guide
This guide humorously explores the unexpected sentience of living ferments during home fermentation. It outlines stages from early signs of awakening to serious threats and containment strategies, emphasizing the importance of caution. The narrative reflects the pitfalls of enthusiastic fermentation, blending humor with practical advice on managing these quirky microbial companions. [Off-Grid Living Ideas] When Your…
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Herbs For Sleep!
I may be stalking The Minimalist Herbalist’s Substack page at the mo… They’ve got some really interesting reads, to be fair! This week I’m particularly interested in their post on herbs for sleep. I find I’m always tired and it never really goes away; I’m sluggish, with a lot of brain fog. If I drink…
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Tomatoes!!!
My babies!!!! They’re growing! I love tomatoes. They’re essential for so much cooking: casserole, stew, pasta bake, chilli, curry… The sad thing is, when you’re gardening you have to expect that only 10% of your seeds are going to do okay. I planted so many tomatoes – enough that the garden should have been over-run…
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It Looks Bad, But Looks Are Deceiving
In the wake of the heatwave in May, one of my potato patches has started to look pretty horrendous. Thing is, I know it’s okay. There were a couple of garlic plants in there as well as the potatoes and broccoli, and they’re all fading now. This tells me that it’s time to harvest these…
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A Guide To Rose Water
https://substack.com/@technologiee/note/c-259011994?r=wmuan WordPress isn’t letting me embed this link for some reason, but ah well. I was scrolling through Substack and spotted this post on The Minimalist Herbalist’s page. They’ve got some interesting stuff – especially a lot on tea – but this post particularly caught my eye. My roses are near ready for picking so…
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This Week’s Mushroom: Lactarius
Lactarius mushrooms – aka Milkcaps – are known for the milky substance they exude when damaged. The flavour can vary, being hot, bitter or mild, and, like the Russula mushrooms, it has a granular texture akin to sugar cubes. Ones to avoid: Ones to eat: Given there are over twice as many poisonous ones as…
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Things To Forage In June
There are several key plants to look out for in the gorgeous June sun: I do love elderflowers, and try to make elderflower cordial whenever I can. It’s delicious, light, and makes a lovely refreshing drink without all the unknown additives you get in squash drinks! See my recipe below: Elderflower Cordial Many also make…
