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You might already have first aid supplies in your travelling herb and spice kit. Sage relieves a stuffy nose so toddlers (and everyone else) can sleep. Plantain soothes insect itches & stings. Spruce needles help fight off colds. Discover your accessible & nearby herbal options.

You've taken a hike, and rain clouds came up out of nowhere. Or you've gotten lost, and it's going to take some time to get yourself found. When you need something to keep off the wind and rain, whether for less than an hour, or more than a couple of days, this is how to stay warm and take care.

The fresher & wilder your food, the less you need to eat, partly because of a greater density of the building blocks your body needs for maintenance & repairs, and partly because it's less work to extract nutrients. You may think wild foods are unpleasant - you might be pleasantly surprised!

The five flavours we distinguish are sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and pungent (the Japanese term is umami). Traditional Chinese Medicine suggests that the very tastiest foods are also the most nourishing, and that these are the foods which effectively incorporate and blend all five flavours.

When you're camping, you may not want to carry the entire contents of your medicine cabinet. It's easier to create a tiny kit with sleep aids, flu fighters, insect-bite calmers, burn (both sun and fire) soothers, and things to keep inevitable cuts, scrapes and bruises stress and infection free.

You've taken a hike, and rain clouds came up out of nowhere. Or you've gotten lost, and it's going to take some time to get yourself found. When you need something to keep off the wind and rain, whether for less than an hour, or more than a couple of days, this is how to stay warm and take care.

The fresher & wilder your food, the less you need to eat, partly because of a greater density of the building blocks your body needs for maintenance & repairs, and partly because it's less work to extract nutrients. You may think wild foods are unpleasant - you might be pleasantly surprised!