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Home Schooling. Crafting Ideas. Computers. Weaving. Books. How to Grow Ginger. Ginger is popular in American food, but it’s practically a staple in Asian cuisine.

How to Grow Ginger

Not only is it easy to grow and delicious in recipes, but studies show that ginger packs powerful health benefits. Although it is a tropical plant, it will adapt easily to indoor and container planting, making it possible for anyone to enjoy fresh ginger throughout much of the year. Growing Turmeric in Containers. Eat The Weeds by Green Deane, the most watched forager in the world.

Pumpkins and Winter Squash- Harvesting and Storage. There are few things better than pumpkins and winter squash to brighten the fall and winter dinner table.

Pumpkins and Winter Squash- Harvesting and Storage

Almost nothing is more satisfying than growing them yourself. With the right knowledge, you can turn your harvest into satisfying and nutritious fare for months. Check for Ripeness. Prepping & Survival. DIY, How To, Tips & Ideas for camping on Pinterest. 11 Ways to Cook Off-Grid Without Power. Keep your food cool without electricity: Zeer pots. You don’t need electricity to cool food or medicine with a zeer pot.

Keep your food cool without electricity: Zeer pots

I’m gonna go over the basics of what zeer pots are and how they work so you can make one yourself. We’ll also go over how to do the same thing without pots. A zeer pot is a container made of materials that are specially chosen to take advantage of evaporative cooling. Food Storage Basics - Self Reliant School. Solar. Ten Amazing Rainforest Plants. Our surroundings are sometimes taken for granted.

Ten Amazing Rainforest Plants

Even something as unique as the rainforest is forgotten. It seems a little bit of knowledge and a shove in the right direction can get people to appreciate the environment. So, why not start with the wonder that is the rainforest? Even though rainforests only cover less than two percent of the Earth’s entire surface area, they are home to 50 percent of the plants and animals. Helpful Plants. Tropical Rainforest Resources Edible Rainforest Plants Allspice: (Pimenta dioica) Berries-- shaped like peppercorns-- of an evergreen tree which can grow up to 100' in height in height in the Latin American Rainforest.

Helpful Plants

The small, aromatic fruits have a subtle flavor like a mixture of clove, cinnamon, and nutmeg, hence the name "allspice. " Dangerous Plants. Medical Plants. Rainforest Remedies Daniel Mowrey, Ph.D.

Medical Plants

Undiscovered Riches The number of potentially useful medicinal plants growing in the world's rainforests is estimated to be in the thousands. Certainly, mankind would benefit from the application of these plants. Plant Identification. Wild Plant Stock Photos - Wild Food School. Digital images used in the course of WFS activities over the lastfew years are now being made available online.

Wild Plant Stock Photos - Wild Food School

Past emphasis has been on illustration for plant identification purposes rather than pictorial 'art'. However, more 'creative' images will be added when time permits. As the image bank expands thumbnails will be split into individual species/subject pages; currently there are just a few pages on display. Species are categorised by their common names at the moment. Shot for a variety of illustrative uses the most recent images are standardized at 50Mb TIF files from RAW; some earlier 17Mb items are also from RAW files.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This image bank pictures poisonous, inedible and edible wild plants without distinction. Silvics Manual: Guide To N. American Tree Species. Russell M.

Silvics Manual: Guide To N. American Tree Species

Burns and Barbara H. Honkala Technical Coordinators Timber Management Research Agriculture Handbook 654 (Supersedes Agriculture Handbook 271, Silvics of Forest Trees of the United States, 1965) Forest Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, DC December 1990 Burns, Russell M., and Barbara H. The silvical characteristics of about 200 forest tree species and varieties are described. Tree Identification Guide At Arborday. Welcome to RoboMind.net, the new way to learn programming. Free Computer Basics Tutorial. Free tutorials on HTML, CSS and PHP - Build your own website - HTML.net. Learn web design and development online free. Microsoft Virtual Academy – Free IT Training, Online Learning of Microsoft Technologies.

Advance Your Education With Free College Courses Online - Udacity. Crock Pot Pumpkin Butter recipe. But before we get all Debbie Downer, let’s not forget that there are ways of prolonging the yummy flavors of fall to keep us (and our taste buds) happy all winter long.

Crock Pot Pumpkin Butter recipe

Take this Slow Cooker Pumpkin Butter, for example. It’s unbelievably easy to make, requires only a few simple ingredients and can be canned or frozen and saved for when you need a pumpkin fix on a chilly day. Can’t wait until then? How to make Coconut Butter. Have you ever learned “How to make Coconut Butter ?”

How to make Coconut Butter

Well, please stay a few minutes and I can tell (show) you how! Homemade Coconut Butter is one of the easiest things you can make at home! Plus you save a lot of money $! All-Natural Pumpkin Butter From Scratch + Many Ways To Use It! If you’ve been reading this blog for a year or longer, you may know that I’m head over heels for Homemade Pumpkin Butter. Not only is it one of the most popular recipes on the blog, but it’s also a personal favourite.

I eagerly make several batches every fall and winter (umm, and apparently during the summer now…).