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Continue reading →: Treatments for Exterior Earthbag Walls
There seem to be a number of ways to cover your completed earthbag “skeleton.” Cement plastering in a hot, humid climate: Cement over chicken wire in another hot climate: Papercrete (ash, mud, newspaper) Cob finished with paint and linseed oil
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Continue reading →: Earthbag Construction How-To
Laura Bartels of Greenweaver shows students how to use earth bags in construction. Filmed on location at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Continue reading →: How to Make Biochar
Biochar is charcoal created from natural materials in a low/no oxygen environment (also called “carbon black”). It is apparently a great way of renewing the soil and increasing your crop yields. Here, John Rogers, who has a 2-acre farm in Florida, talks biochar and shows us how he makes it.
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Continue reading →: Herbs – How to Make An Herbal Ointment
Rickvanman explains the purpose of ointments and how to make them. He points out the difference between the aim of an ointment versus that of a cream. He stresses that you must know about particular herbs before you use them.
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Continue reading →: Herbs – How to Make An Alcohol Tincture
Rickvanman explains how to make an herbal tincture. He stresses that it is important to know about particular herbs and how they should be used before attempting to use them.
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Continue reading →: Barrel Cactus Candy
From Cooks.com BARREL CACTUS CANDY Take the barrel cactus and cut off around until you get to the white meat. Do not use center of cactus because it’s very hard to slice. Start by slicing one inch strips of cactus. Soak in cold water overnight. Next morning drain and slice…
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Continue reading →: Sweetgrass Basketmaking
Basket maker Vera Manigault talks about the history and culture of sweetgrass baskets. She also shows us the tools she uses to craft the baskets and how to harvest the materials (bullrush, palmetto, sweetgrass, long pine needles) used in them. She notes that as the South Carolina coastline has developed…
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Continue reading →: Medicinal Trees
When most of us think of medicinals we think of herbaceous herbs, but Dave shows us how we can effectively use the trees all around us (even in cities) as herbs. This is a really informative series of videos by Dave Canterbury of the Pathfinders Wilderness School in Ohio. Dave…
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