Category: Food

Tree Bark Flour Basics Plus Birch and Pine Bread Recipes

Tree Bark Flour Basics

Tree Bark Flour Basics Plus Birch and Pine Bread Recipes Flour is a staple in just about every country in the world. It isn’t always the most stable though to store. You can store it longer if you dry can or freeze it prior to storage. However, no matter how much you are able to …

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Survival Trapping 101

Survival Trapping 101

Survival Trapping 101 No matter how well you have prepared or how large your stockpile is, during a long term event your supplies will eventually run out. Hunting will be necessary for larger prey, but it is a time and energy consuming task which requires several skills to be successful. Trapping is less time consuming …

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Chicken of the Woods Mushrooms

Chicken of the Woods Mushrooms

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Chicken of the Woods Mushrooms Foraging is one way to add to your food supply today without increasing the grocery bill. Mushrooms are a favorite of skilled foragers all over the world. Chicken of the woods mushrooms are among the top finds for any mushroom hunter. Although I disagree …

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Homemade Liquid Pectin

Homemade Liquid Pectin

It is what makes the preserves set up and become firm.

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Broccoli and Sprouts Seed Saving

Broccoli and Sprouts Seed Saving

Broccoli and Sprouts Seed Saving Broccoli is one of my favorites. It is also one of the vegetables I have had the most problems growing at home. 🙁 It does take a little more care, timing and good seeds to grow then do some more prolific veggies. So I went looking for advise on growing …

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25 Edible Wild Plants

25 Edible Wild Plants

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 25 Edible Wild Plants Everyone whether they admit it or not, whether they actively prepare or not, has some idea how they might at least get home during a disaster. Especially if you’re among those that don’t actively prepare and plan, you may find yourself walking a long distance …

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Butchering Duck

Butchering Duck

Butchering Duck We know that hunting has been a method of procuring food. But if you don’t know how to butcher the game, in this case a duck, you could not only waste a portion of the bird but even render it useless. If you are going to hunt always remember the animal gave up …

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Trapping and Prepping Skunk for Eating

Trapping and Prepping Skunk for Eating

Trapping and Prepping Skunk for Eating Hunting post SHTF will become imperative for the majority of us. Game will become scarce in some areas and frankly beggars can’t be choosers. Skunk was nowhere on my list of edible critters until reading the featured blog from Survival Cache. I apparently wrongly assumed that they were not …

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Freezing Cucumbers

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Freezing Cucumbers If your harvest of cucumbers is anything like ours, you will be swimming in cucumbers! It’s not an issue here as I am a firm believer that you simply can’t have too many pickles! So if you are tired of cucumber salads, had enough fresh, and impossibly …

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The AquaSprout Indoor Aquaponic Garden

The AquaSprout Indoor Garden

IIThe AquaSprout Indoor Aquaponic Garden As the summer gardening season winds down many of us are now looking toward off season gardens. You might find this aquaponic small indoor garden to be just the ticket. If you don’t have a large enough backyard for a greenhouse or perhaps no backyard at all the AquaSprout Garden …

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