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One of my favorite things to preserve from the garden are peppers. Hot peppers, sweet peppers, jalapenos, Serrano peppers, banana peppers, pimentos … if it is a pepper with a skin, it can be pickled first and then canned in ...

You’ve been waiting for this day all summer long, and now it’s finally here. No, it’s not just the kids going back to school. It’s the tomatoes — they’re finally ripe! Sure, you can eat grocery-store tomatoes anytime of the ...

Each year, as my garden produces more and more delicious homegrown produce, I look for new ways to use up every bit of the harvest, so that nothing goes to waste. When I started gardening more than 15 years ago, ...

As you start your vegetable garden this spring, consider planting more than you’ll need and preserving the surplus you get. With the economy looking bleaker and bleaker and food prices rising, more and more people, homesteaders and city folk alike, ...

As it becomes more and more expensive to eat, we are all trying to spread our food dollars further. There are a number of tricks I’ve learned that can help keep costs down but still allow you to enjoy quality, ...

December 16, 2013 Here’s how I canned pork patties. This is the same recipe as the Quebec Pork Meatballs except the spices were omitted and they were shaped into patties. Video courtesy of imstillworkin Previous Video

November 6, 2013 Canning bacon, how long will it last in your food storage? Let’s find out together! Video courtesy of BexarPrepper Previous Video

October 21, 2013 Canning Beef in my kitchen!!! bought some chuck roast on sale and canning it!!! Video courtesy of Larry Hall Previous Video

In homesteading, you are forced to relearn many vanishing arts and sciences. From heritage pigs to heirloom vegetables, and from home remedies to natural pesticides, things that were common knowledge to our grandparents have become arcane and vanishing skill sets ...

Are you happy with your survival pantry? Do you feel you’ve got a pretty good store of food and supplies should a disaster come about? You’ve got a good stock of sugar and salt, cans of vegetables and bags of rice ...