By Ben on February 15, 2011
Posted in Food | Tagged Bob, cabbage, fermentaton, food preservation, jarring, sauerkraut |
This is another great how-to from my online buddy, Bob. He is a genuinely self-sufficient soul, living off the grid somewhere on the North American continent.
This time around, Bob shares his favorite methods for making sauerkraut at home.
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So around thanksgiving the snows were getting two feet deep and it was getting cold enough to [...]
By Ben on June 1, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Food, Gear, Shelter, Tools, Water | Tagged backpacking, Bob, camping, clothing, fire, hiking, off-grid, sleeping gear, stoves, survival, tents, TEOTWAWKI, water purification, wilderness |
This is another great set of tips from my online buddy, Bob. He is a genuinely self-sufficient soul, living off the grid somewhere on the North American continent.
This time around, Bob discusses the optimal backpacking setup.
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My standard list of backpacking gear has changed very little in the past twenty years.
I favor fairly heavy leather boots [...]
By Ben on May 20, 2010
Posted in DIY, Featured Posts, MacGyver, Shelter | Tagged Bob, camping, glue, instructional, makeshift shelter, rope, tarp, teepee, tipi, wilderness |
This is another great how-to from my online buddy, Bob. He is a genuinely self-sufficient soul, living off the grid somewhere on the North American continent.
This time around, Bob breaks down the art and science of building a quick-and-easy teepee (tipi).
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A few days before Christmas I had a sudden hankering for a Teepee. Don’t ask [...]
By Ben on April 4, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Food, Gear, Physical | Tagged backpacking, Bob, camping, canoeing, cooking, cycling, fuel, gear reviews, heat sources, outdoors, stoves, wilderness |
This is another very very useful write-up from my online buddy, Bob. A seasoned adventurer and backpacker; he discusses the pros and cons of various backpacking stoves, fuels, and techniques.
He also does a side-by-side comparison of the time it takes to boil water in various weather conditions, relative to a normal kitchen range.
Very informative [...]
By Ben on April 1, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Food, Physical | Tagged alcoholic beverages, blackberries, Bob, bottling, fermentation, wine |
This is another great instructional from my online buddy, Bob. His first how-to appearing on JustLive was Making Cheese the Easy Way.
Bob is a genuinely self-sufficient soul, living off the grid somewhere on the North American continent. His insight and experience in all things DIY is admirable. On that note, here’s his recipe for homemade [...]
By Ben on March 4, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Food, Physical | Tagged Bob, cheese, food preservation, milk |
An online buddy of mine – we’ll call him Bob (and he’ll be showing up in posts here on a frequent basis) – is a genuinely self-sufficient guy. He lives off the grid, and is kind enough to share his methods and techniques for all things grid-less with those of us who aren’t quite at his level [...]
