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  1. Thread: knots?

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    I seem to use the clove hitch and taught-line...

    I seem to use the clove hitch and taught-line hitch more than anything else.
    A taught-line hitch is a very useful slip knot which lets you slide it up after tying it to tighten a line. It then holds...
  2. Thread: Clovers

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    All clover flowers are edible and good whether...

    All clover flowers are edible and good whether red, pink, or white. There are some plants with yellow flowers that look like clovers but are not. Do not eat. The clover leaves should not be eaten...
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    Touch-me-nots, or jewelweed, is best not boiled,...

    Touch-me-nots, or jewelweed, is best not boiled, but steeped like tea. Bring the water to a boil, remove from heat, throw in the plant, including stems and leaves, and steep for ten minutes or so. ...
  4. Can anyone explain to me how 35% rise in gasoline...

    Can anyone explain to me how 35% rise in gasoline price and 40% rise in food prices and 70% rise in natural gas prices in a year comes out to a 2% inflation rate???

    If my wife came home with a...
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    I always use an old file. I heard you can use...

    I always use an old file.
    I heard you can use pyrite (fools gold) and strike it against flint to make good sparks, but I haven't tried it yet. I have a good chunk of pyrite, though. Anybody ever try...
  6. Poll: I have 50 years behind me, I remember most of...

    I have 50 years behind me, I remember most of them.
  7. Have to admit a couple myself, starting when I...

    Have to admit a couple myself, starting when I was real young and in the boy scouts on my first camping trip in maybe 1967. I went to a stream for some water, and it was down a long drop, maybe a...
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    I'm grazer. My kids named me that cuz whenever I...

    I'm grazer. My kids named me that cuz whenever I go anywhere or have some time, I always check out the plants to try the local fare. When I have some time I disappear for a while and come home with...
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    Hi folks, from PA

    What a great site. Unfortunately? I think I will spend all my not-so-spare time here now. Hope to get to know you all and share the love. I am hoping to learn all kinds of stuff about the hands-on...
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    Better have a half-dozen buddies with you to try...

    Better have a half-dozen buddies with you to try all the parts of an oleander!
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    Might want to mention that mayapple fruit itself...

    Might want to mention that mayapple fruit itself is also poisonous when not fully ripe. Unless it has frosted and the friut has pretty much fallen off the plant, it is not tasty enough to risk...
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    Potatoes in straw mulch is great. It eliminates...

    Potatoes in straw mulch is great. It eliminates having to rotate every year or so to avoid blight and diseases. Put a foot or so of straw, put in your eyes, and then cover with a foot and a half of...
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    I did a good bit of grazing and foraging out in...

    I did a good bit of grazing and foraging out in the Sierra Nevadas, but it has been 30 years or so. I remember I tried a few dozen varieties that I found, but I can't help much since I have been...
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    All the yuccas that look like yuccas have edible...

    All the yuccas that look like yuccas have edible fruits and flowers. They vary as far as which is best in the flower or fruit stage. The flower stalks can be cut into sections and boiled or...
  15. Edible Wild Plants - A North American Field...

    Edible Wild Plants - A North American Field Guide, An Outdoor Life Book by Sterling Publishing. This is a great beginner book because of the color photos. It has a couple hundred variteties, many...
  16. Thread: Nettles

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    Hi Leon. Two species around here, both stinging,...

    Hi Leon. Two species around here, both stinging, both European. I like them, but I haven't found any within 20 miles of my house here in Pennsylvania. Went to a horse camp 40 miles away and plenty...
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    a. mullein - medicinal, smoke the leaves for...

    a. mullein - medicinal, smoke the leaves for bronchial relief. Good toilet paper.
    b&d. both look like garlic mustard to me, definitely not nettle.
    c. don't remember the grass variety, but all...
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    Sticky: :rolleyes:Hi LarryB. Hundred choices around here....

    :rolleyes:Hi LarryB. Hundred choices around here. This time of year I like to enjoy the fresh stuff. lots of spring greens, a salad of violets, chickweed, and wintercress or watercress is a nice...
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    I've always called it garlic mustard. Basal...

    I've always called it garlic mustard. Basal leaves are edible and palatable in early spring.
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