Off Grid Living-

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Originally Posted by kittygrrl

if you live off grid or in the country learn how to bake bread..it's one of the first things i learned living in Alaska..it took me a little while to figure it out..i didn't have a mixer, i just used a spoon to mix it. around 100 stirs w a wooden spoon..

Fresh baked bread........

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i did this for a short while before i had access to indoor plumbing...i enjoyed it during summer but when it became October it's a very different experience..i wouldn't say awful but close..

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Alaska wild blueberries are amazing..the wine made is bomb..if you ever get the chance..

[homoe]

Originally Posted by kittygrrl

the most ideal place i've ever lived was Alaska, in between Wasilla & Palmer..the soil there was magical and you could grow almost anything.. i grew everything in my garden there but my favorites were carrots and peas that were so sweet i've never had anything like them since, potatoes, cabbage, spinach, and golden beets..and flowers of course..a summer feast for the eyes...perched on a hill it felt like a paradise..i was 19

Sounds idyllic......

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invaluable!

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wild herbs..wild thingsgrow where you least expect them

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this year i'm going on my 1st Mushroom pilgrimage..Chanterelles are on my mind lately..i have my mushroom guide.. i'm ready!

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laundry...this is a delux set-up..i wasn't so lucky, but not complaining..there were other compensations

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mushrooms, mushrooms, shrooms
i've never met a mushroom i didn't love

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a lilmushroom porn & coffee

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power went out this morning..everything was so quiet..it reminded me of my time in Alaska when every morning was like this...growing your own herbs have an almost magical ability to heal your body..lavender, lemon verbena, thyme, dandelion root...the possibilities are endless..

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off-grid camomile hair rinse

in a jar you're repurposing-
2 teaspoons camomile flowers picked from your garden or
in a pinch-
1 camomile tea bag

1 c boiling water

1 tsp raw honey

2 tablespoons lemon juice or
in a pinch-
2 tablespoons white vinegar

Put your tea kettle on. Put in your glass jar your raw honey & lemon juice/white vinegar. Put in a teacup camomile flowers or tea bag and pour in boiling water. Let it steep for at least 5 minutes . Pour into your jar, stirring gently. Put on the lid and store in the refrigerator. This was enough to rinse my hair 2 times but i had extremely long hair at the time. Use as much as you need and leave on hair 10 minutes and rinse with rainwater or spring
water .....

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thoughtful strategic.. planning is the best deterrent i actually had more problems w moose, they are always in a bad mood

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grow your ownorganic roses

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fascinating...i think i would enjoy the challenge!

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living & loving, off grid

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i love all the rain..i can never have too much..i've made body butter many times, my base is usually coconut butter & wild cocoa butter, vitamin e, lavender and rose...

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you will feel the silence when you live in the bush..but you don't have much time to dwell on it because you're so busy during the day, chopping wood, wrapping pipe, tending the fire(incredibly important when the temperature drops below 0°)