Primitive Skills
Why the Weather
Cover photo courtesy of Karie Lee Knoke Have you ever wondered why we incessantly talk about the weather? Yes, climate change is a topic of ...
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Building a Snow Shelter
Happy winter! Winter is not just for cozying up by the fire with a cup of tea and blanket, reading your favorite adventure novel. Winter ...
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How to Make Your Own Pemmican
Welcome to pre-winter, the exciting hunting season when the deer are lively and the game is on! Living off-grid in the woods, I’ve discovered the ...
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What are Primitive Skills?
It occurred to me as I was reading my own Out There article last month in printed form that, as a writer for a column ...
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DIY Wild Fruit Leather
Summertime is berry time—the time when all plants and trees are coming into their full expression in their yearly life cycle with fruit maturing into ...
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Foraging for Stinging Nettles
As the land becomes anew with the emergence of greenery, the landscape awakens from its long winter’s dormancy. In the days of old (before grocery ...
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