Pioneer soapmaking
http://woodridge.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/pioneer-soap-making/
http://www.rogueturtle.com/articles/soap.php
http://www.motherearthnews.com/blogs/blog.aspx?blogid=1504&category=Projects

use rain water or water from dehumidifier


Making lye/ washing ash
Bucket/ tap/ straingin cloth
http://woodridge.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/making-lye/
also use holey bucket, rocks, gravel, dried grass
http://thehomesteadjones.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/from-ashes-to-lye.html
small hole and toothpick stopper
http://www.frontierfreedom.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=388&sid=17161d3c40862f99902531140fafeb5f

Lye check :
-Put a potato in the top of the container and if it floats 1/4 of an
inch above the water then your lye water is ready
http://www.metaphysicalfarms.com/archives/35-Making-Caustic-Potash.html
-dissolve chicken feather
http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/homemade-lye-from-wood-ash.html

Lye for mugwort ricecake
http://ntackett.blogspot.co.nz/2007/06/how-to-make-chinese-mugwort-rice-cake.html

Amadou- lye use
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou, also made into hats
http://buzzardbushcraft.blogspot.co.nz/2011_04_01_archive.html, also
intersting tent and cooking ideas

Ash glaze for teapot
http://potsandtea.blogspot.co.nz/2011_01_01_archive.html
more ash washing for glaze http://www.potters.org/subject84749.htm

Melt aluminium in charcoal foundry
http://renewburbia.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/how-to-melt-aluminum-in-charcoal.html

Solar food dehydrator- sundried tomatoes
http://www.motherearthnews.com/blogs/blog.aspx?blogid=1504&tag=solar%20food%20dryer

Papermaking & baskeytry
http://ginpetty.com/links/paper_links.htm
http://ginpetty.com/Work/baskets.htm