Category: Old Ways
5 Survival Uses For Cattail Fluff
The most common cattail (Typha latifolia) that we all recognize is a tall plant often found growing in dense stands in wetland areas, such as…
The Story of Claire Marie Hodges, Yosemite Ranger
In 1918 the United States was experiencing labour shortages, as most young men left to fight in Europe in the First World War. So women began…
Ranger discovers 24 pound giant puffball that can feed over a dozen people
A ranger was cruising through the countryside when she made a discovery that stunned her and her coworkers. She found a fungus that weighed a…
Trees Have The Ability To Recognize The Saliva Of Roe Deer
Trees have the ability to distinguish whether one of their buds or sprouts has been eaten by a Roe deer or has been randomly torn…
Beginners’ List for a Successful Day of Ice Fishing
Some people in North America dream each year for the day the lakes freeze over. Why? To go ice fishing. Ice fishing in the northern…
The Shetland Bus – Escape, Survival & Adventure To Keep Norwegian Resistance In The Fight
Europe during the Second World War was a bleak place; German forces invaded Norway on the 9th of April, 1940, and as the country was…
The Wonderful World of Kelp
My kelp salsa is always a big seller in my veggie stand, well it would be if I made more. It’s always been the first…
Should You Be Eating Roadkill
Please don’t read this article if you have an issue with the subject of eating roadkill. There are some people that grow up eating various animals…
4 Bowdrill Tips – Friction Fire Lighting
There’s two types of people, those that can friction firelight and those that cannot! We’ll in all honestly you can’t really measure people like that,…
Daisy Crockets Firewood Adventure
We’ve been gathering and chopping wood for the last 12 years and we’ve had some adventures with hills and winches, breaking ropes, trips and falls…