Category: Old Ways
Learn how to survive in the wilds by watching the behaviour of the animals & birds
Wild animals are experts of survival in the wilderness; purely because their mere existence is dependent on their ability to live through the harsh conditions.…
These vegetables and nuts can actually protect you from UV rays
When we go outside, we need to protect ourselves from the sun. We generally make sure there is sunscreen available and any other protective measures we to take so we can…
Prevention and cure for bee and wasp stings
One thing that has become synonymous with the bees is that it hurts when they sting you. The first prevention against a bee’s sting would,…
Burning the right wood in your campfire – it makes all the difference
So which woods are good for burning, and which aren’t? We often have a range of wood that we can burn and because we don’t…
Tools used by the pioneers to tame the wilderness
Setting out for the borderland in the 19th century was very different than moving today. You were not moving to a home that’s infrastructure was…
Burdock: The plant can be consumed both as food and as herbal medicine
While having a peaceful walk through serene woodlands, you may have come across sticky burrs clinging to your trousers after passing through some tall leafy…
The Pirate Cemetery of Madagascar. Home of an estimated 1,000 pirates
In the 17th and 18th centuries, Ile Sainte-Marie (or St. Mary’s Island as it is known in English), a long, thin island off the eastern…
The inventive ways people made food during extreme famines – Bark Bread
We may be living a lifestyle where we hardly miss a meal and even if we sometime do we instantly feel fatigued and dizzy; well…
Prepper: How to cook without drawing attention to yourself
Despite our natural urge to socialize and invite friends and family over whenever we can: in a situation where things have gotten out of hands, and…
Fleeing to the jungle during the Vietnam War, a father & son survived there for 41 years
After more than 40 years an elderly father and son were ‘rescued’ from the Vietnamese jungle, having spent 41 years – almost his entire life…