Saturday, July 5, 2014

Additional info about desert plants

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A new post on the off the grid series.

The approach to how to use my land will be to disturb it the least that I can.  I will make use of what is there, and minimize the introduction of new plants and/or animals.  If it is necessary to bring them in, I want to keep that to a minimum.

Here are some useful links in support of that goal.

How To Process Native Plants For Eating
Survival Training: Mesquite Beans
She mentions a "hammer mill" to process the beans.  So, I looked up hammer mills and got this.
A Few Edible and Useful Desert Plants
Water from a Dry River Bed  plus purifying the water you find.

Update:

More plants to research

agave

buffalo gourd  may be useful for oil

sage

yucca




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