“The maples turned early this year on the north slope, and I have been splitting next winter's firewood between filming days. New downloads are below. Cali is at my side, as always.” Shawn
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My Self Reliance Skills Download No. 9 Fire Cooking Fundamentals Cast iron, an open fire, and the few techniques that matter when you are cooking outdoors. Learn how to manage coals, work with heat instead of fighting it, and make simple meals...
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My Self Reliance Skills Download No. 9 Fire Cooking Fundamentals Cast iron, an open fire, and the few techniques that matter when you are...
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Seasonal Prep & Home Resilience
Winter Prep Checklist Skills Download No. 8. A practical checklist for settling the tools, equipment, animals, and outbuildings before the cold takes hold. Work...
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Tracking in Snow Skills Download No. 7. Winter slows the forest down and makes the signs easier to see. Learn how to read tracks,...
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Hand Tools & Craft
My Self Reliance Skills Download No. 6 Rope Work & Rigging A practical guide to the knots, block-and-tackle setups, and mechanical advantage that make...
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Seasonal Prep & Home Resilience
Preparedness Without Fear: The Starting Checklist A calm, practical place to begin. This is the order I would work through, building a little at...
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Seasonal Prep & Home Resilience
Fall Prep Checklist Skills Download No. 4. A practical checklist for getting the land, cabin, tools, woodpile, and stores ready before freeze-up. Start earlier...
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Foraging & Wild Food
Appalachian Foraging Calendar A practical season-by-season guide to the wild foods of Appalachia. Keep it nearby as you learn what to watch for, when...
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Foraging & Wild Food
Boreal Foraging Calendar A practical season-by-season guide to the wild foods available in the boreal forest. Use it to learn what to watch for,...
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What the ground, the water, and the tree line tell you before the first stake goes in. Before the first stake goes in, the...
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My Self Reliance Skills Download Cabin Build Notes Vol. 1 Foundation and framing are where a cabin either earns its strength or stores up...
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Hand Tools & Craft
What separates an axe worth keeping for a lifetime from one that ends up forgotten in the shed. DOWNLOAD HERE
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Hand Tools & Craft
Hand Tool Primer — Skills Download No. 1 You don't need a lot of tools to build something that lasts. You need the right...
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Hi, welcome back to the cabin. I finally wrote my first book. If you've followed my journey for the last ten years, you know...
DownloadBy the woodstove, with no agenda. Questions close one week before the session. Ask about the build, the land, tools, foraging, or anything you are working through on your own place.
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8 oz (227 g) 150-200 Servings Ingredients: 100% wild Canadian Chaga. No grain, mycelium, excipients or fillers. Something wild...
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