It is possible to grow your own food even if you live in an urban space and have no outdoor room to garden. If you have just a bit of space on a balcony or rooftop, you can grow even ...
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Mushrooms – The Yummy, the Hallucinogenic and the Downright Poisonous
So you like mushrooms, do you? You have tasted a variety of them in your favorite dishes and now you want to emulate those creations at home? As someone who is working more and more toward going off the grid ...
Read More »Vegetable Storage: Getting to the Root of the Problem
Here is a hypothetical situation that some of you may have thought about in the past. You are self-sufficient, either relying very little or not at all upon pre-packaged food. In point of fact, you grow your own. Living off ...
Read More »Yes, Virginia (and Maine!), There are Fresh Greens in Winter
There are many reasons to consider growing your own food. Our current system uses enormous quantities of petrochemicals (which are included in fertilizers and pesticides, meaning we end up eating them) as well as for farm machinery, shipping, refrigerated storage ...
Read More »Food Safety Protocols
The recent scare over contaminated, salmonella-containing eggs has many folks wondering if there’s any way to protect ourselves from the bacteria that can get into our foods. It seems every year there’s several mass recalls of everything ranging from fruits ...
Read More »Beyond Survival: How To Cook The Perfect Steak
The perfect steak is a simple masterpiece. With the right cut of meat and the slightest amount of cooking technique, you can have a great juicy steak that’s crisp and brown on the outside, and tender on the inside, and ...
Read More »The Next Generation of Meals-Ready-to-Eat
Part of being prepared for anything means knowing what you are preparing for. If you live in a hurricane, tornado or earthquake-prone area, although you don’t know when one will hit, you do know that when one does, power and ...
Read More »Fruit Trees As Your Low Cost Sustainable Food Solution
As more people look towards creating sustainable food solutions, fruit trees are receiving a lot more attention as a cost effective means of optimizing home-garden production. With the capability of yielding hundreds of pounds of fruit each year over the ...
Read More »The Critical Links of a Water Storage and Purification Plan
Water storage and purification are among the most critical elements of an emergency preparedness plan. When disaster strikes, plentiful, safe drinking water becomes the most essential key to survival. While the average person can survive several weeks of hunger, his ...
Read More »Let’s Get Ready for Fall Crops and Hunts
Labor Day is a reminder that it’s that time of year here in the South—people start getting ready to plant their fall crops and preparing for hunting season. Depending on where you live, this preparation may take place sooner or ...
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