I've set myself a challenge

I'm embarked on a pretty tough challenge as I've pretty much mastered the basics of long term survival in Don't Starve. I've decided to see if I can survive a year (one complete cycle of the seasons) without building a science machine.



Right now I'm on Day 21 (got a fall start so it is the first day of winter) and chose Random for character selection and wound up with Wendy. It's kinda cool because I've never really played her much before.



I knew right away what some of the challenges would be. Food isn't really the issue as you could pretty much stay fed by simply moving around the map and setting up enough rabbit traps and picking berry bushes and carrots. The weather is the problem.



I thought it would be possible to survive the winter by simply staying close to the fire if necessary. But summer would be basically impossible without a few pieces of technology. Since I can't build a science machine, the only way to learn any blueprints is to find them in tumbleweeds. So I set up my base in the desert.



I was incredibly lucky as the first blueprint I found was a thermal stone. I also found the shovel by the Metal Potato Thing and dug up 25 berry bushes and put them near my base. I can't make a crock pot (at least not yet). But there was a McTusk Camp nearby and I got the Tam'o'shanter to drop on the first kill. So I should be fine for winter. The question is whether I can survive Summer...