Tag: Food

Safety Tips for Bringing Home Groceries During a Pandemic

Safety Tips for Shopping During a Pandemic

Safety Tips for Bringing Home Groceries During a Pandemic This is a scenario that is new to this generation. We have never experienced a pandemic in this way before in our life times. Millions of people are on stay at home orders and others in self quarantine. Allowed only to leave their homes for work …

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Should Children Be Taught How To Grow Food As Part Of Their Schooling?

Should Children Be Taught How To Grow Food As Part Of Their Schooling?

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Should Children Be Taught How To Grow Food As Part Of Their Schooling? Growing food is a bit more complicated than tossing a few seeds in the dirt and adding water now and again. Preppers and homesteaders know this, but does the majority of the population? I am always …

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Food Producing Bushes That Can Provide For The Winter Months

Food Producing Bushes That Can Provide For The Winter Months

Some posts may include affiliate links. Food Producing Bushes That Can Provide For The Winter Months If you don’t have space or time for a full garden on your property or even a HOA that won’t allow you to have a food garden. You may want to look at food producing bushes, particularly ones that …

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Post Apocalypse Rat Jerky

Post Apocalypse Rat Jerky

Post Apocalypse Rat Jerky If I am to be honest, post or pre-Apocalypse, the idea alone of eating rat turns my stomach, I am not so foolish as to say never however, because I understand that we may all do things including eating things that we are not now prepared to do if the world …

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12 Reasons to Store Powdered Milk

12 Reasons to Store Powdered Milk

12 Reasons to Store Powdered Milk   The expressions “Got Milk?” or “Milk builds strong bones” are well known in north American countries. But if like me, you don’t drink milk nor have small growing children, should you still store a large quantity of milk? Yes! There are so many other uses for milk.  I …

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What Foods can be and How to Store Them Underground

What Foods and How to Store Them Underground

What Foods can be and How to Store Them Underground Not everyone has the space or financial ability to install and maintain a full fledged root cellar. But you can still preserve foods from your harvest or hunting adventures underground to store for later use. Native Americans and other cultures have and continue to do …

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Eating Lilacs

Eating Lilacs

Eating Lilacs Lilacs are one of my favorite blooms. I have several bushes in my yard. But I wondered… Are they edible?  is this a plant that will benefit my family should we have to forage or eat only what we grow? I didn’t have an answer, so I went searching for blogs that would …

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Common Driveway Weed is One of Nature’s Most Powerful Survival Plants

Common Driveway Weed is One of Nature’s Most Powerful Survival Plants

Common Driveway Weed is One of Nature’s Most Powerful Survival Plants Preppers, Survivalists and frugal foragers all spend a lot of time searching for the perfect survival plant. We want one that has nutritional value, medicinal properties, grows in a number of climates, is easy to cultivate, easy to harvest, easy to locate in the …

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Could We Handle Food Rationing Today?

Could We Handle Food Rationing Today?

Could We Handle Food Rationing Today? It’s been many years since the majority of western countries have experienced the broad rationing of food. We’ve had shortages of specific items for periods of time which saw prices on said products shoot up and then slowly work their way back down as the market stabilized. But nothing …

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Swedish Home Inside Greenhouse to Grow and Heat Year Round

Swedish Home Inside Greenhouse to Grow and Heat Year Round

Swedish Home Inside Greenhouse to Grow and Heat Year Round A couple in Sweden decided to take full advantage of their desire to save on energy bills and grow year round. Located in Stockholm where the winters are particularly long, the need for a greenhouse if you desire to grow the bulk of your own …

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