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  • Layered Fruit & Nut Trail Mix-in-a-Jar Recipes

    Layered fruit-and-nut trail mix in a jar makes a healthy, practical and colorful holiday, birthday or wedding gift that both children and adults enjoy. Depending on the ingredients used, it can also be affordable. read more

  • Fruit and Honey Granola Recipe

    Granola has been a popular food amongst hikers and campers for years. It's lightweight, making it very portable. In addition, granola doesn't spoil easily. The dried fruit in this honey granola recipe contains lots of calories and carbohydrates while the granola itself is high in fat, making it perfect for an energy pick-me-up when spending all day out in th… read more

  • How to Make Your Own Trail Mix

    Trail mix came about because backpackers prize lightweight food that packs a lot of energy. A basic trail mix recipe combines dried fruit with nuts (and sweets, if you like), so you get lots of calories and vitamins in a small package. read more

  • How to Dehydrate Food for Camping

    Dehydrated foods, such as fruits and vegetables, have most of the moisture removed from them using heated, dry air to create a low moisture environment. Dehydrated foods are useful for camping and hiking because they are lighter and less likely to rot or spoil than other foods. Most sporting goods stores and grocery stores sell dehydrated foods, but are us… read more

  • How to Care for Fruit Trees With Insects

    Fruit trees save you money and time at the grocery store. When the fruit is properly canned or dried, a single tree can provide enough fruit for a family for an entire year and is ideal to take along on outdoor excursions. One of the only downsides of fruit trees is the constant need for insect control. A single pest species can destroy an entire crop. Fruit… read more

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  • How to Eat Healthy While Traveling

    Traveling usually coincides with eating out and eating out often equals fatty foods and nutritionally unbalanced meals. But it does not have to be that way. Just because you're traveling does not mean that you have to eat unhealthy. Wi… read more

  • How to Make Dehydrated Food for Backpacking

    Preprocessed dehydrated ingredients and complete meals for a backpacking trip are easy to find. They're not as good as home-cooked meals but they weigh less and occupy little space. They're safe in extreme conditions but can include pr… read more

  • Edible Wild Plants in Florida

    Edible wild plants in Florida are nearly everywhere you look, from several varieties of wild plums to the state tree, the cabbage palm. Fruits, trees and flowers all grow in Florida in edible varieties. You can easily fill your plate w… read more

  • How to Dehydrate Food for Backpacking

    Instead of buying pre-measured packages of dehydrated food for your next backpacking trip, dry it yourself. The most reliable way to dehydrate is in a food dehydrator you build or buy. With that appliance in your kitchen, you can buy f… read more

  • The Best Foods to Dehydrate

    Dehydrating your own food is a great way to save money, preserve produce and enjoy food in a new way. By removing moisture from your food you can greatly expand its lifetime, remove opportunity for bacteria to attack and stave off natu… read more

  • Where Can You Find Assorted Dehydrated Foods for Camping?

    Dehydrated or freeze-dried food is great for camping and backpacking because it is lightweight, reasonably compact, and easily prepared. If you think that means tasteless, pricey glop that you wouldn't feed your dog, think again. These… read more

  • Edible Wild Plants of Wisconsin

    Wisconsin holds a vast variety of edible wild plants. From the uplands to the bottomlands and surrounding lake areas, edible plants thrive. Everything from berries, tubers, roots, nuts and greens flourish in Wisconsin. Before eating an… read more

  • Healthy Camping Food

    The same criteria for selecting healthy household foods applies to camp foods. When you're camping, try to avoid foods high in sugar or empty calories, and look for nutrient-rich foods that are free of preservatives and artificial ingr… read more

  • Types of Edible Wild Plants in the USA

    Wild edible plants are vast and varied across the United States. From east to west, north or south, wild edible plants can be found almost anywhere. The backpacker or hiker venturing into the wild can find wild edibles in a variety of… read more

  • Camping Food Checklist

    To increase the enjoyment of your camping experience, you should plan all meals before setting out. The food you decide to prepare will ultimately come down to personal preference, but you should eat properly even in the woods. Similar… read more

  • Edible Native Plants in Western Australia

    The more than 1.5 million square miles of Western Australia are home to both a diversity of terrains and about 7,500 native plants. Western Australia has coastal, forest and mountain regions suitable for a wide range of plant life, inc… read more

  • Edible Plants and Flowers in Africa

    Edible plants and flowers can be found throughout Africa. Some plants grow wild, and others are cultivated by people. The edible plants and flowers of Africa range from small fruits such as the grewia to large trees such as the oil pal… read more

  • Camping Food for Dieters

    There are many different diets out there, and each has its own special food requirements. Fortunately, most foods can be taken camping or prepared at a campsite with a cooking fire and a few basic tools. Whether your own weight loss pr… read more

  • Vegan Trail Mix Recipe

    "Trail mix" is appropriately named, since the classic trail mix combination of nuts, dried fruits and chocolates is calorie-dense, packing a lot of energy into a small package. For the backpacker, ever mindful of how many supplies and… read more

  • What Is the Best Food for Camping?

    Many people think that even a car-camping trip necessitates reliance on processed, pre-packaged foods. This kind of food is convenient and easy to prepare, but it is hardly the only option or even the best one. A variety of tasty, nutr… read more

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    Backcountry Camping Tips

    Backcountry Camping Tips

    You've already tried car and RV camping. You've camped at commercial campsites that had a convenient restroom and water supply. Now, you want to explore the road less traveled. Backcountry camping, also known as primitive camping, is a wonderful way to explore the remote...

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    Beach Camping Near Pismo Beach, California

    Beach Camping Near Pismo Beach, California

    Pismo State Beach, California, has many attractions and activities including camping, swimming, hiking and wildlife viewing. Birdwatching is one of the primary activities in the area. The park also has the largest over-wintering colony of monarch butterflies in the natio...

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    Common Sense Hiking Tips

    Common Sense Hiking Tips

    The first and most fundamental thing is never hike alone. There are too many situations, especially as an unexperienced hiker, where you may find yourself without anyone to help you. So the buddy system works and applies very much in hiking.

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