DIY 8X8 Greenhouse Now while the weather is fair in most parts of the western world is when you need to be thinking and planning for the harsher weather to come. If you simply love gardening, rely on the food security of gardening or are making sure you are fed in an emergency scenario when …
Why Wasting Food Costs You More than You Think I grew up poverty prepping, so wasting food was not an option! My mother spent her younger years in a state run orphanage during the great depression and later on a small farm. My father was a social worker until he retired then a firefighter. I …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Rose Jam Especially in urban areas, you want a nice landscape. However, I really hate to spend the time and money on plants that aren’t edible. I am thrilled to learn that lovely roses now fall into that category! Find linked below the personal recipe of the actor …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. What is Canning Salt and Why Use It? Who knew there were so many kinds of salt? I didn’t. I asked my mother who was an avid canner what difference it made and she enlightened me on the use of canning salt. In her words she didn’t know why …
13 Gross Critters That are Edible if Necessary Desperate times would call for desperate measures. There are critters that are edible if you have no other options. They aren’t pleasant nor common options and in all honesty the idea turns my stomach. But if necessary to feed my family I want to know what …
Expiration Date Cheat Sheet Expiration dates are a quandary for all stockpiles and even for those that just missed a product in their rotation and now find it expired. Safe or not safe? I will always recommend you look more at the actual product than at the labeling. Even if it …
10 Foods That Don’t Store Well Store what you eat, and eat what you store. The golden rule of stockpiling. But some foods store longer and better than others. In this case we have a list of storage items that didn’t work out so well for the author. But I do find I disagree on …
Does cooking with a microwave destroy necessary nutrients in food? I was the proud owner of the first “microwave cookers” on the market about 40 years ago . It was a controversial cooking method back then and many folks were leery of it’s safety, because we didn’t really understand how they worked. We wondered …
9 Food Self-Sufficient Projects Food security is important both in today’s world and in a post SHTF world. Because it is so important, it always startles me when I see people go through their accruement process haphazardly. A can of this and that here and there. Whatever is on sale tends to become their back …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Ruth Stout‘s No Work Gardening Method Yes, finally a really easy gardening method that works and produces! It doesn’t matter if your time and energy constraints are due to physical or scheduling limitations. You still find yourself wanting or after a major SHTF event needing to plant a garden. …
