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I understand it very well and I understand being overwhelmed with so much to get rid of! We had a three bedroom house with full basement and full garage to get rid of, but we did it. We took our time and continued to unload things after we left too. Once you get on the road and live with stuff...

Liard Hot Springs on the Alaska Hwy is a great place. It has two hot springs locations. One is about a 10 min hike from the campground and the other one, less used, is further out. It's a fabulous place and well worth a visit! There is a provincial park campground there and probably a lot of...

Truly, it's not people we fear camping in the wilderness. It's wildlife. People think moose and elk are cute and great to watch and that's true from a distance or a vehicle. I have had a small white tailed doe stamp her foot at me in Ontario and threaten to charge me and she was my height and I...

Waterflow, I am also an artist! I'd love to see some of your work! I understand your fears. I felt that way when I first came up here too, being from the Toronto (Canada's largest city) area, where the fear of your fellow man is a good thing...I have never felt threatened from people up here in...

I cart around a lot of art and craft supplies in big bins but it's very important to me. It is difficult! I have soft pastels and charcoal that I like to use with sketch pads and paper to go with them, as well as three small buckets of paint and many canvases, also jewelry and hair fork making...

Thank you! I am going to try some Summit Lake scenes this year. We operate the Stone Mountain Provincial Park Campground at Summit Lake, right on the Alaska Hwy. It is about 1 to 1.5 hours north of Fort Nelson. We are always there, living in the staff compound all summer long and will look...

Thank you, Geoff! I have been away for awhile but am back camping again, permanently. We are moving into our camper and pulling away sometime within the next couple of weeks . We are working at a campground for the summer up here on the Alaskan Hwy, where we have spent the winter working at a...

You are very welcome. Please let us know how it turns out!

That is really generous and nice! It sounds like a great set up.&nbsp;You could have a large veggie garden and even a few chickens!&nbsp; <br><br>I have thought that I would like to buy some land and set up a cheap winter parking location in NV or AR somewhere, but not for a few years yet. Must...

We sometimes spread our stuff out around us to give us more space. We have a large screen tent that we can set up with table and chairs. We put a little distance between that tent and our camper to force others to park further away when there is lots of room. If we can leave our BBQ and chairs...

I found this on the <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://foragersharvest.com/" rel="nofollow">"Forager's Harvest"</a></strong></span> </em>website a few years ago. Fascinating info!<br>It looks like a great site.<br><br><span style="text-decoration...

I am bringing this back to life. I like the idea! I think perennial herbs like thyme, oregano, purslane and chives will grow anywhere without difficulty. Oregano can be invasive, however. <br><br>Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes and ground cherries will reseed and come back every year anywhere too...

Thanks for the dandelion coffee info! The soup ingredients look good. I love mushroom soup! We used to have a large amount of shaggy mane mushrooms growing near our chicken house. We got as many as we could but the chickens loved them! I'm looking forward to looking for more this spring.&nbsp;

What a shame to waste all those crabapples!<br><br>Sunny1, I'm going to try the ground dandelion coffee this year! Thanks for the idea. Do you slice, dry then grind the roots?<br><br><br>

Thank you, Yesican. (I like your username!) &nbsp;I do try to be helpful :-)<br><br>I have made laundry detergent and dishwashing detergent too, with the soda and borax. They are great money savers! - but this is not soap and I wouldn't use them on my hands or body. Soap is an entirely different...

<em><span style="line-height: 20px;">QUOTE (from another thread):<br>"</span><span style="line-height: 20px;">Sheryl,</span></em><br style="line-height: 20px;"><br style="line-height: 20px;"><em><span style="line-height: 20px;">This is such good information. Thank you so much.</span></em><br...

I'm so glad you liked the soap book, Ontheroadagain! I answered your question on another "Hobbies" thread entitled "Soap Making"...&nbsp;<img rel="lightbox" src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" class="bbc_img">&nbsp; In case there are other soapmakers here that want to discuss soap...

<br>I have made a list that might be useful of weeds used as food, tea and medicinal herbs. Look them up on Wikipedia for nutritional/medicinal info. Some of these are extremely prolific, so be careful when harvesting the seeds! I have grown, harvested and sold seeds for most of these. Google...

My mother used to make prickly pear jam. She grew them in her garden.&nbsp;<br>There is a hardy prickly pear cactus that people grow in gardens in Ontario and I have considered making jam with it when it blooms and fruits, just never did. I doubt that it grows up here in northern BC. Ditto for...

Thank you Bruce :-)<br>I think it's better for the family members to become self sufficient as early as possible, and MUCH easier on the mom!&nbsp;<br><br>I had the idea to make anyone caught using a dish belonging to someone else, pay that person for using their dish. A small amount, like .50...