You would think that stockpiling food would be easy, right? Just buy a bunch of food, stash it away somewhere where it won’t be eaten, and you’re good, right? Uh, wrong. Building a stockpile and making it last is a ...
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10 Wild, Off-Grid Foods You Can Forage For Each Fall
From backyard gardens to large-scale farms, fall is often viewed as harvest time. But “nature’s garden” is in full yield in the autumn, too, as the trees begin to lose their leaves and heavy frosts set in. Following are a ...
Read More »No, Canning Is Not Always The Best Answer
Remember the last time you heard someone ask for another serving of that delicious home-canned eggplant or Brussels sprouts? Not likely. There are some foods which are better off being preserved by a method other than canning, and a few ...
Read More »So Many Zucchini, So Little Time! Tips To Use Up Your Zucchini Harvest
We’ve all heard jokes about gardeners creeping up to their neighbors’ doorsteps in the dead of the night to “give away” extra zucchini squash. There are few garden plants that produce as prolifically as zucchini. Although there are many creative ...
Read More »14 Things Your Great-Grandparents Knew That You Should, Too
Our ancestors grew up in a very different world than the one we inhabit today. More and more, our world is built around the Internet — an electronic world where we have instant access to entertainment, information and communications. But ...
Read More »5 Ways Your Great-Grandparents Stockpiled Fresh Produce
Can you stockpile fresh produce? Yes! You can integrate your extra garden and orchard produce (or weekly specials from the supermarket) into a well-planned stockpile that includes fresh produce, just like your great-grandparents did. Fresh items can be preserved for ...
Read More »Which Preservation Method Is Best For Which Foods? (Here’s How To Know)
I am frequently asked what is the best preservation method for various foods, and the answer is almost always the same: It depends. The best bet is to be ready and able to do a combination of canning, freezing, ...
Read More »4 Common Plants You Didn’t Know You Could Turn Into Flour
We’re accustomed to wheat as the gold standard for making flour. And while we often think of whole wheat flour as different than white bleached flour, the source for both is still wheat. The challenge with producing your own flour ...
Read More »Emergency Water Purification When You’re Desperate And Dehydrated (And Your Forgot Your Water Filter)
If I had to choose from among the worst possible scenarios of being marooned in the wilderness, it would be one of these two predicaments … First, I’m stuck in an area where there doesn’t seem to be any readily ...
Read More »5 Proven Ways Our Ancestors Preserved Meat Without Refrigerators
Stockpiling food and other supplies is central to being prepared for an emergency, but there are some foods – such as meat — that are harder to pack for long-term storage than others. I’m sure there are some people out ...
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