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Garlic – The Ancient Wonder Drug
I raise a bed of garlic every year. I grow white hard-neck garlic, which cloves; and elephant garlic which is a single bulb. The elephant garlic grows like a weed. I have actually pulled elephant...
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Make Soap from Yucca Leaves
Many people know that you can make soap from yucca root, but digging up a yucca plant is a lot of work and it kills the plant. The active ingredient in yucca soap is saponin. Saponin is the an...
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Make Homemade Muscle Rub from Wild Horsemint Leaves
Horsemint (Monarda punctata L.) is a wild mint that grows in East Texas and much of the rest of the eastern United States. It has a pretty purple flower and a strong medicinal odor. Pictured below:...
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Edible Wild Plants – Sassafras
DISCLAIMER: Don’t believe anything I or any body else tells you about edible wild plants. Don’t eat edible wild plants based on what you see in a book or on the inter-net. Get a qualified instructor...
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Mosquitoes – More than Just a Nuisance
Note: I wrote this article a couple of years ago but never posted it. It really is hitting home this year, so I am posting it now. We have had over 80 cases of West Nile virus and 5 deaths in East...
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Survival Sanitation – The Old Timey Outhouse
Improper disposal of garbage and human waste leads to disease. In fact, the two greatest factors in increasing human longevity have been improved nutrition and improved sanitation. Improvements in...
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Survival Dental Care
You definitely want to avoid tooth problems if you no longer have access to modern dental care. One way to avoid problems in an uncertain future is to take good care of your teeth now. Regular dental...
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Some Thoughts on Personal Hygiene in a Post Apocalyptic World
Most of us today have rigidly entrenched habits of personal hygiene that simply won’t be tenable in a post-apocalyptic world. Many of the personal hygiene products that we use will no longer be...
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Preventing Scurvy, Rickets, and other Vitamin Deficiency Diseases
I have never personally known anyone who suffered from scurvy, rickets, beriberi, or pellagra; but at one time these diseases were very common, some were epidemic. All of these diseases have one thing...
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The Home First-Aid Kit
Whether you’re a prepper or not, every home needs a first aid kit. I’m not talking about the stuff that you keep in your medicine cabinet. When there’s an accident or injury it is not a good time to be...
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