The New Pioneer Summer 2018 Know Your Nonvenomous Snakes: They’re Good for the Farm and Field Many nonvenomous snakes do so much good that we do ourselves a disservice by getting rid of them, especially those that eat pests no one wants around.
Poison Oak and Poison Ivy: How to Prevent the Rash and Treat It While your poison oak rash may heal on its own, it’s still likely to be itchy and uncomfortable during the process — sometimes even severely, depending on how allergic you...
Deadly Plants: 13 Plants That Can Literally Kill You There’s a handful of foliage out there that have the ability to burn you from the inside, blind you, torture you with endless pain and kill you in minutes.
Porcupine Is Nature’s Best Survival Food and It’s What’s for Dinner How much good can porcupine meat be as a survival food if you end up getting your hands bloodied from quills while trying to make use of it?
The New Pioneer Canning 101: Easy Steps to Keep Your Pantry Packed With Fresh Foods As more grocery stores offered the convenience of canned goods at reasonable prices, home canning was thought to be a dying art, but it has been making a strong comeback.
Ethnobotanist Christopher Nyerges: Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants Finally, in the spring of 2014, Guide to Wild Foods was released in full color, which is perhaps the ultimate format we’d dreamed about in the mid-1970s when the idea...
The New Pioneer Sunshower! Build a Solar-Powered Water Heater for Hot Water Anywhere There is always use for hot water, and there are a number of designs out there. The goal of this project was to design a solar-powered water heater so simple...
Survivor's Edge Backwoods Edible Plants: Wild Weeds and Plants That May Save Your Life There are some very readily available edible plants that are found in most climates that you can use to supplement your diet. Many are a great source of vitamins and...
Survivor's Edge Fall 2018 iSurvived Special: Will Jimeno Decided He Would Survive September 11 So thirsty he felt certain he’d die from his injuries and lack of fluids, 32-year-old Will Jimeno of Chester, New Jersey, saw a miraculous vision and resolved, “I won’t die....
The New Pioneer Bat Box: Construct a Sky-High Rocket Box Fit For Bug-Eating Bats The two-chamber rocket box gives these helpful insect-eaters a home. And unlike other designs, it mimics the way bats naturally move within hollowed-out trees as the weather changes.
American Frontiersman Cowboy Coffee: Don’t Miss the Best Part of the Day When you are staying in the backcountry, there won’t be a coffee shop barista to make your coffee or a fast food drive-through nearby. The time and practice you take...
Rounding Up: Don’t Neglect the Top or Bottom Rounds of Venison Contrary to popular belief, the top and bottom rounds are some of the most versatile cuts on an animal and shouldn't be sent to the grind pile or the dehydrator...
