A variety of tricks are outlined on this page. It is part of a larger body of work called the Illustrated Guide on How to Use a Compass.
Researching primitive living aspects forces one to do a lot of reading and sorting. In this process a lot of information is read, and lots of good information is not retained. Instead of letting these pearls of knowledge scatter in favour of finding only the motherlode, I’m introducing the Tidbits section. Tidbits will be full of random, singular, unordered, but potentially useful pieces of information that don’t have a home otherwise. Tidbits will be updated as information is found, and new volumes added as needed.
Mother Earth News is an excellent publication for those who wish to live sustainably, want to learn methods to further improve their environmental responsibility, or to live in a manner that is more simple than our current cities-and-suburbs Western society. Their topics range across homesteading, hobby farming, gardening, power equipment, building your own home, raising animals, home power generation, and many other topics.
If, like myself, you haven’t been subscribing since their inception in 1970, you can now access their entire article archive online, with full access to all their articles back to 1970. It’s an excellent resource packed full of great information, and freely available.
Throughout this site there will be numerous articles that give dimensions and quantities. Where possible, dual metric and Imperial units will be provided. However, for your reference (and our own) here are some basic conversions between metric and Imperial units and vice versa: