Annie's "Back To Eden" Garden: May 2014

Friday, May 30, 2014

Nature Wonder Wild Food Weekend - Sept 19-21

Nature Wonder Wild Food Weekend
Cairo, West Virginia September 19 - 21, 2014
Nature Wonder Weekend is open to anyone from beginning to advanced foragers. Past keynote speakers have included Euell Gibbons, Dr. John Kallas of Wild Food Adventures, Dr. Peter Gail of Goosefoot Acres, Samuel Thayer of Forager's Harvest, Mike Krebill, Edelene Wood, Bill Faust, author John Tomikel, and Doug Elliot, among many others. This years main speaker is Dr. John Kallas who will do two programs during the weekend. For more information, follow the link above.

Midwest Wild Harvest Festival - Sept 12-14

Midwest Wild Harvest Festival
Prairie du Chien, WI
September 12 - 14, 2014The Midwest Wild Harvest Festival is open to anyone from beginning to advanced foragers. A group of diverse instructors provide workshop options for registrants. And like all these wild food weekends, there are ample opportunities to make friends, discuss wild foods, learn and play. Over the weekend there are a total of about 8.5 hours of outdoor workshops and activities, a keynote speaker on Friday evening and a two hour open forum where participants share their wild food experiences and knowledge. There is a wild food potluck dinner on Friday night prior to the Keynote presentation. Participants can enter a contest for the best wild food dishes. There is general playfulness and music after dinner on Saturday night. Five meals are provided starting with the Friday evening wild food potluck and ending with Sunday morning breakfast. The Friday potluck is all about wild foods, the remaining meals are healthy organic conventional foods peppered with wild foods when possible. Meals are prepared by staff and served in an indoor dining hall.

Participants can choose to camp or stay in a dorm at the facility at no extra charge. More information, follow the link above.

GingerRoot Rendezvous - June 27-30

GingerRoot Rendezvous - Wild Food Intensive
Being held in Silverton Oregon June 27-30
"Unless you stay off site, you will be bringing your own tent and camping equipment. Food: We will provide simple cold breakfasts for Saturday & Sunday. Together, we will make wild food dinners for Saturday & Sunday, as well as Monday breakfast from the foods we gather during the Rendezvous. You will be responsible for providing your own food on Friday, sack lunches for Saturday and Sunday and all the snack food you want to eat for four days. Refrigeration may not be available, so plan accordingly. Bring a plate, bowl, cup and utensils for use at your own tent. A cooler if you know you'll want one. Conventional food supplies will be available in Hood River."
Follow the link above for more information.

Wild Food Summit - June 19-22

Wild Food Summit - at White Earth Lake
White Earth, Minnesota, June 19-22, 2014

This link will take you to an all outdoor event where participants stay in tents or trailers for three nights and four days. Wild foods are gathered from the local surroundings or are brought in by wild harvesters and hunters. Foods are prepared on site over open fires, using propane stoves, or in cooking pits.

Monday, May 26, 2014

Free And Unlimited Fuel To Heat Your Home

"Every day we have tons of paper sent to us in the mail, boxes that our food is packaged in and in my case, lots of beer packaging. In this video I show you how to turn all that paper into something very useful, a way to heat your home for free."

Tiny off-grid home packs storage stairs, 2 lofts, tub in 136 sq ft.

Julie Olson drew up plans for exactly what she needed and sent them to Jason Dietz of Molecule Tiny Homes. Over a couple of months he built her home to her specifications: a fold-out porch, storage stairs, 2 lofts (1 for sleeping, 1 for storage), a slim closet, and a bathroom with tub, composting toilet, tiny sink and escape window/door. The 136-square-foot home can run completely off grid with rooftop photovoltaic panels, solar batteries, a propane tank and a tankless water heater. Total cost was $45,000, but Dietz says you could bring that down by about half if you built it yourself. Part of the reason small homes on wheels cost more per square foot is because they require structural support to survive on the road. This home was built in Santa Cruz, California and it made its first trip over 3,000 miles to Maine where Olson moved in with her cats and dog to travel and study.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

First Aid for Wound Care

Are you prepared for a Wound Emergency? Take this test, and find out where you need to study more, or have more items in your Health Care Kit...

WebMD Quiz: First Aid for Wound Care -- Are You Prepared?