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Primitive Skills

How to Tan a Hide, Naturally, in 10 Steps

hide tanning student softening hide
So, you’ve gotten your hands on a deer skin and you want to turn it into leather. This is an exciting moment! We’re going to walk you through how to tan a hide, naturally, in 10 steps with the wet-scrape brain tanning method. Using all natural materials and getting a ... Read more

How to Build a Fire

glowing coals in a nice wood fire
The warm light of a fire is at once calming and exhilarating. That’s because, deep in our bones, we feel how essentially human it is to sit around a fire: We watch the flames and smoke dance, while listening to the crackle of transformation. Indeed, fire turns wood into heat ... Read more

Wild Roots Sprout Wild Abundance

Natalie Bogwalker’s Life Changing Experience at the Wild Roots Community For five years, Wild Abundance founder and director Natalie Bogwalker lived at the Wild Roots Community.  Her time there changed her life, and inspired her to share primitive living and homesteading skills with the wider world.  Here we interview her about ... Read more

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