Thread: BASIC LIST / SUGGESTED ITEMS FOR LONG TERM SURVIVAL

DIY Home Decorating

41 Exciting DIY Valentine’s Day Ideas!

see all here ---> http://diycozyhome.com/41-exciting-d...nes-day-ideas/

You gotta check out #3 which is the heart shaped braids tutorial. I really wish I had long hair like that but I can't wait to try it out on my nieces next time I see them! Are any of these DIY's a tradition in your house??

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Home Heel Crack Remedy!

recipe here ---> http://diycozyhome.com/how-to-make-a...l-crack-salve/

You gotta try this home remedy out! The older I get the more and more my feet dry out and I need to address the dryness intentionally. If you are looking for a good recipe... try this one! What's your favorite heel remedy??

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Old T-Shirts Into A Rug!

how to make ---> http://diycozyhome.com/how-to-weave-a-hula-hoop-rug/

How cool is this?! You can also use strips of old sheets to make this. Not just t-shirts. I love the use of the hula hoop to make a perfect circle and guide the process... anyone attempted this??

DIY Home Decorating

34 DIY Headboard Ideas!

tutorials here ---> http://diycozyhome.com/34-diy-headboard-ideas/

We are in need of a new bed, but I'd love to just build a massive new headboard instead. Have any of you made your own headboard?? So many good ideas in the one.

Plantain Salve Recipe – Nature’s Antibiotic Plant


Healthy Roots Happy Soul website shares a step by step picture tutorial for making an antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antibiotic properties Plantain Salve recipe.

Plantain is nature’s gift that should be in everyone’s household herbal medicine cabinet. It has amazing skin healing abilities.

Plantain can be found everywhere including your front yard…. yes, that weed you have been trying to get rid of is actually a gift from nature.
It has many methods it can be used, it is even edible in salads though quite bitter.

Plantain can also be used as a powerful poultice to ease the itch of poison ivy, poison oak, bee stings, spider bites, cuts, bruises, mosquito bites,
Collect enough to cover the needed area.
Mash it up and apply across injury area
Cover with gauze or cotton cloth to keep it in place.

Click here to read the recipe:

http://www.healthyrootshappysoul.com...lantain-salve/


http://thehomesteadsurvival.com/plan...ibiotic-plant/

Tangerine Marmalade Recipe. Only 3 ingredients

Super easy recipe to make a small jar of refrigerator tangerine preserves. I know we usually do all our preserving in the summer to have our summer harvest for winter but tangerines are mostly only in stores in winter. I love tangerines and was so happy to find this super easy recipe for tangerine marmalade. Learn To Preserve has the recipe so you can have some marmalade for your toast as soon as, well as soon as today if you want to make it today. Yumm.

learntopreserve.com

http://www.learntopreserve.com/the-a...gredients.html

http://thehomesteadsurvival.com/tang...3-ingredients/

Nettle Cordage Tutorial

Nice tutorial on how to use the common nettle to make cordage. Kriss from The Bushcraft Blog shows how to do it with a nice picture tutorial. This would be a neat skill to teach children. Nettle is also a wild food source.

naturessecretlarder.co.uk

http://www.naturessecretlarder.co.uk/bushcraft-tutorials/nettle-corgage-tutorial_1.htm

http://thehomesteadsurvival.com/nett...dage-tutorial/

Propagating Elderberry Bushes

Learn how to make new elderberry bushes from cutting you take off an existing bush. New Life On A Homestead shares how they took cuttings to try and propagate their elderberries and then shares an update with pictures to show how well it works. Save money and propagate your own with this tutorial.

Newlifeonahomestead.com

http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2012/03/propagating-elderberry-bushes/


Here is the update on how well the cutting took.

newlifeonahomestead.com

http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2012/06/propagating-plants-my-new-favorite-trick/


http://thehomesteadsurvival.com/prop...rberry-bushes/

Give Your Bed Underglow

Does your child have a night light? Check out this awesome idea by Liam.great98. What kid wouldn’t absolutely love this glowing bed? I know a whole passel of grand kids that would. Looks pretty easy to do too. Check out the tutorial over on Instructables.

Liam.great98

http://www.instructables.com/id/Give-Your-Bed-Underglow/?ALLSTEPS

http://thehomesteadsurvival.com/give-bed-underglow/

Survival Betty

5 knots to know! (And you gotta practice and use them..)

Link http://www.myfamilysurvivalplan.com/...t-should-know/

Photo blog.emergencyoutdoors.com