I’ve been working on my primitive skills and finally had a chance to make my own basket. Using only a knife, I harvested branches from a small red bush growing near the river, and wove it into this little gem. It came out pretty cool! Feeling a bit more confident in my skills I made…
Author: SustainableCraig
I am a military veteran, urban farmer, and former financial coach likes building things and learning new skills.
Flint Knapping Arrowheads – 10,000 Views
In continuation of my primitive skills training, here are some arrowheads I’ve knapped out of glass bottle bottoms and obsidian I picked up from my mining adventure in California. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I also wanted to say thanks to all of my readers and subscribers. This month my blog hit 10,000 views! Thanks…
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Tier 1 Selection @ The Human Path Survival School
Sam and Suchil Coffman of the Human Path (www.thehumanpath.com) are putting together one of the most badass teams I’ve ever heard of, and I want to be part of it. Basically you need to competent in primitive survival skills, self-defense, land navigation, radio procedures, first aid, primitive engineering, and several other tasks. Then you can…
My Latest Adventure – Surveying Mining Claims in the Desert
For the past month I’ve been on the adventure of a lifetime. My job was to ride horseback through the California desert to visually verify the corner stakes for mining claims. You might be saying, “I didn’t know Craig rode horses,” and you’d be right. Up until last month I’d never ridden a horse in…
Primitive Fire Making – Bow Drill Success
I’ve been experimenting with bow drill fires for quite some time now with no success. I was missing just a few key details, so I took the Basic Survival course with Tony from Trackers Earth in Portland. It was a great course that I would highly recommend. In a few hours we built a shelter, went…
Greening My Very Own Desert – Planting in Harsh Climates
With the recent fires, the super hot/dry summer, and the unfinished well I don’t exactly have the ideal scenario for planting vegetation on the property. In the past I did some fairly in depth research on the work of Geoff Lawton and his project “Greening the Dessert.” I decided to use these same principles to…
Well, That Sucks – Fixing Our Burnt Up Well
Many of the components of our well burned up in a fire a few months ago. We have now had 2 fires come across our property since it’s purchase a few months ago. Getting water flowing again was at the top of our priority list. We couldn’t get electricity to the well pump which meant we would…
Hive Split – Turning 1 Hive into 2
When a strong bee colony begins to get crowded they will swarm and go find a new home. Beekeepers don’t want their investment to fly away, so one way to prevent swarming is to divide your hive into two hives. A new package of bees costs around $95 dollars. Dividing your hive into 2 is…
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