Emergency Home Preparation

Grow Your Own Toilet Paper
https://www.askaprepper.com/grow-your-own-toilet-paper/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=AAP

Toilet paper has only been in existence for roughly a century and mankind has been around a whole lot longer than that. So how did folks wipe their bottom before toilet paper factories existed?

They used plants. Once upon a time, affluent people wiped themselves with lace, wool, or hemp, followed by a washing with rose water. But everyday people used plants as an early form of toilet paper.

Wiping yourself with leaves might not sound like an ideal way to clean yourself up, but in a survival situation you must be prepared to adapt. We need to be able to find safe and suitable alternatives for items that are impossible to find when SHTF. ---CONTINUED---

12 Plants That Make Soft Toilet Paper
https://www.askaprepper.com/12-plants-that-make-soft-toilet-paper/

(SNIP) ... One very positive point of using leaves as toilet paper is that most plants, including the ones listed in this article contain anti-bacterial components. These leaves will help prevent infections from developing.

Squeeze the leaf before you use it to release the medicinal compounds. ---CONTINUED---