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Continue reading →: Make A Feather Pen/Writing Quill
All about feather nib pens by nostalgicimpressions: From emilysgarden a step-by-step on making a feather pen:
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Continue reading →: Let’s Raise Hens
Detailed instructions on best practices in raising chickens from chicks on up. This video was created for the JustFoodNow initiative in Western Massachusetts which was created to share information about sustainable food in that area.
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Continue reading →: Crop Rotation and Using Livestock to Improve Soil Fertility
Dave Tepfer talks about rotating crops and using grazing animals to improve soil fertility.
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Continue reading →: Earth Bag Construction
A presentation by Thalia Kazakos-Resh, a student in the UMass Sustainable Living Class on building a home in Mexico using earth bag construction.
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Continue reading →: Pine Resin and Pine Needle Tea
Puma talks about the many uses for pine resin and pine needles. He says “A lot of people don’t know how many uses there are for a pine tree.” Even more uses of pine trees from thejourneyoutdoors in Michigan. He emphasizes being sure of your identification of the trees before…
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Continue reading →: About Labrador Tea
Labrador tea is an important wild, native North American group of medicinal plants. I say group because there are actually three closely related types of rhododendron that are identified as Labrador tea. They are evergreens that grown mainly in wetland areas. People drink Labrador tea as an all-around tonic (maybe…
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Continue reading →: How to Make India Ink
The ingredients to make India ink are char (wood and bone were traditionally used), water (or water with drops of vinegar for stability) and a binder such as shellac, gelatin, agar-agar, a gum or resin. You can also use lamp black from an oil or kerosene lamp. Note that these…
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Continue reading →: Snails: From Farm to Kitchen and from Garden to Kitchen
I got interested in this topic after reading about the taste for snails that Italian immigrants to New York City in the 1800s brought with them in 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families. I had known that escargots featured in classic French cuisine but I hadn’t gotten…
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Continue reading →: How to Make Compost Tea: MrTerrym1964
MrTerrym1964 shows us how he makes compost tea.
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Continue reading →: Herbs: How to Make a Decoction
Good description of how to make a decoction from herbs by Rickvanman. He stresses the need to get information on particular herbs before using them.