Iim glad you are safe. I know you have confidence in your friend, that is cool he knows what is what. PLEASE be careful, some people are allergic to plants which others don't hardly notice after...
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Iim glad you are safe. I know you have confidence in your friend, that is cool he knows what is what. PLEASE be careful, some people are allergic to plants which others don't hardly notice after...
You are spot on.....obviously not from the PNW
FYI - Spanish moss and Lace Lichen are not the same, Old Mans Beard and Usea are also not the same. It is better to use latin terminology when dealing with more that one area, they can be used...
It is called bladder pod
You have made some serious over generalizations here. First walking to a "modern shelter" in times of civil unrest can shorten your life. You don't know who you are going to run into, their state of...
Welcome!!!!
Its true, bad water...everywhere. It is a travesty that our government allows so much polluting of something there is a finite resource of and is absolute in terms of life
1. All members of the mint family have square stems, not all members are edible.
2. Curly or Yellow Dock,
3. Absolutely a Plantain
4. One must be extraordinarily careful with fern leaves plants....
Boiling water which has run off from Agricultural fields or Industrial run off will make you one sick puppy. Boiling will do nothing to dispel chemicals, especially industrial strength chemicals....
You can eat the flowers (young are best, older ones taste like soap
Surviving and "Living wild" are two very different things. As Mors would say, an American can go up to a man living in the middle of the Sahara Desert and ask him how to survive in the desert or any...
" Lifestraw is good for one year of water for one person, 1,000 liters, and it is good for 99.9999%of the contaminants. " This is NOT correct. It filters out viruses, bacteria and protozoas. It will...
Echinacea is a complex story. Harvesters collected so much wild plant that it became like American Ginseng, hard to find, which is sad. The other issue about just recommending plant matter is...
Go to Youtube, put in the search box winter camping.....there are a great many videos with lots of awesome information...JoeRobinet, Shug, Sintax77 are just some
The passing of the Patriot Act allows this
If I might add a few things. Add a couple of large cardboard boxes to your cars equipment, These can be pulled open to reduce the amount of air space being heated up in a car, which can make the...
An ABSOLUTE work of art. Congratulations
When you wrote "cook" - Cook in what way, boil, fried, roasted?????
All great responses - a small pocket sized first aid kit with an antibiotic, water purifying tablets, some imodium (for tummy issues) moleskin, 2X2 gauze pads and band aids is perfect. If one really...
I used to live in the Sierra Mountains. Beautiful. The bummer....any storm which rolled through took out power. Do to the high cost of food locally and the fact the power was so fickle we had a...
Usnea is common up to Alaska - You have a usnea called powdered beard lichen...to determine if it is a unseen, slowly pull it apart, check for the middle "string"
I live in Northern California - yes I have had acorns, they can be disgusting if not processed correctly. First - never attempt to just eat one - the tannins can cause kidney damage (not fun). There...
Things which can go to hell in a couple of hours or a day
Bee or Insect Stings - possible allergic reaction leading to anaphylactic shock.
Plant contact dermatitis - same as above
Snow Blindness...
Moonseed is most commonly mistaken for wild grape, they often grow together in Urban environments
READ The web page The New Yorker put out on the issue - Look for how McCandless Died. It is a fascinating read