The Prepared Wild Forager

Sustainable Living

What Do I Mean by Sustainable Living?

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Sustainable living is doing everything I can to rely less and less on forces outside my home for my daily life. While we all need money, there are so many things we can do to lessen that amount dramatically, thereby relying more on ourselves and our own skills. Some of the things we can do without added expense will have their own web pages. Others will just be listed here, and added to as I experiment.

Our ultimate goals for sustainability are to have a house on a number of secluded acres. We want to be close enough to a town that it does not take all day to drive there and back, but secluded enough that we don't ever have to see neighbors if that is what we choose. We want multiple heating sources for the house that utilize wood. We want a wood cook stove, a fully functioning outdoor kitchen (utilizing wood), an outdoor bake oven, an extensive food storage system including a root cellar, an area for canned and dried goods, and a "meat locker". We are not 100% sure we want to live completely off-grid (no outside electricity), but we want to use the least amount possible either way. We have one small gas generator, but want a larger one (just in case). We want to grow as much of our own food as possible, raise, hunt and catch most of our meat, and grow as much animal feed as we can. We also want to process our own meat and can our food. As much as I relish my freezer, I don't want to rely solely on it for preserving our meat. That means curing must be perfected.

These articles enable all of us to acquire the knowledge that was once common but has been lost due to consumerism (why make it when you can buy it?).

If you know of, or have a website that you feel should be included on this page, let me know at sustainablehome at survivalistssite.com.

Now For The Links

These links are listed alphabetically:

A

Agriculture

The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture |

B

Butchering

Cutting Guide for Beef, Lamb, and Pork |
Poultry Butchering |

C

Chicken Feed Recipes |

D

Dyes, Natural

How To Use Natural Dyes - Principles of Natural Dyeing |
Natural Dyes From Plants - Pioneer Thinking |
Natural Dyes, Mordants, and Helpful Hints |

E

Edible Landscaping & Gardening Plant Descriptions, Cultivation Tips |

F

Food and Nutrition Publications Listing (University of Kentucky) |

G

Gardening

Farming and Gardening for Health or Disease |
Guerrilla Gardening |
Idaho University Gardening Publications |
Keyhole Gardens |
Oregon State University Gardening Publications |
Planting and Seed Saving |
Seed Saving |
Survival Gardening: Growing Food During A Second Great Depression, by H.I.C. |

H

Health, Safety and Wellness Publications Listing (University of Kentucky) |
Heritage Skills and Crafts Publications Listing (University of Kentucky) |
The Core Historical Literature of Home Economics |
Hide Tanning Articles and Research |

I

J

K

L

Librum Reading Room - Way Too Many Files to List Individually|
Living Outside the Box - A Few Simple Technologies for Daily Living |

M

Mushrooms - David's Mushroom-Collecting.com |

N

Nutrition Education Program Publications Listing (University of Kentucky) |

O

Oil Lamp Care |

P

Path To Freedom - The Urban Homestead|

Pest Links

Bugs Away Spray |
(Bugs) List of Herbs Used for Pest Control |
Bug Repel Article |
Bug Spray for the Garden |
Bug Repellent Spray and Oil |
Mite Control in Honeybees With Essential Oils |

Q

R

S

Sewing

Clothing and Textile Publications Listing (University of Kentucky) |
Clothing Publication Listing (New Mexico State University) |
FREE Sewing & Craft Classes from PatternsThatFitYou.com! |
Pattern - Shorts With Gathered Waist |
Pattern - Six Gore Skirt |
Sewing Information |
The Joy of Spinning |
Video - How to Make a Flared Skirt |

T

U

V

Vintage Projects and Building Plans Site |

W

The War Garden Guyed - 1918 Google Book |
War Vegetable Gardening and the Home Storage of Vegetables - 1918 Google Book |

X

Y

Z