Emergency Preparedness Skills: Seed Saving is Easy and Affordable
Save Seeds Up to 10 Years I was at an Emergency Preparedness Fair on Saturday and I was impressed with all the speakers, but especially with Larinda Peterson, owner of Line Twenty Five Landscape...
View ArticlePrepared for Christmas: Black Friday Deals
Prepared for Christmas: Black Friday Deals Like many people (or maybe we’re in the minority now), I feel that Christmas has gotten too commercialized. The holiday that’s supposed to be about giving to...
View ArticleBulk Buy: Storing 40 Lbs of Walla Walla Sweet Onion
Bulk Buy: Storing 40 Lbs of Walla Walla Sweet Onion This weeks bulk buy is sweet onion. Lots of sweet onion. In your neck of the woods they might be called Vidalia or Texas or Maui. Around my place...
View ArticleRethinking Food Storage – The Food Storage Law of 3’s
The Food Storage Law of 3’s I learned a valuable food storage lesson a few weeks ago by a Master Food Preserver. It has me rethinking my whole food storage plan. It’s this concept – to think about HOW...
View Article5 Ways to Preserve Strawberries
Preserve Strawberries and Retain That Summer Flavor By now you know I love a good bulk food buy. It is my favorite, frugal way to continually work on my food storage plan. It’s strawberry season in...
View Article5 Ways to Preserve 10 Pounds of Blueberries
Preserve Your Blueberry Harvest This is one of my favorite times of the year when all the perennial fruits ripen. In my part of the world, we have raspberries, Marionberries, and boysenberries...
View ArticleHow Do I Store That? Fresh Milk
3 Tips for extending your milk storage time Milk can be expensive. In my neck of the woods, it’s going for $3.49 a gallon, which is even more than gas right now. Use these quick tips to extend...
View ArticleHow Do I Store That? Vitamins
Include Vitamins in Your Preparedness Plan Vitamins and minerals have many unique roles to help to maintain our health. For instance Vitamin D and calcium work together. Vitamin D helps our body absorb...
View ArticleRecommended Storage Times for Frozen Food
March is National Frozen Food Month Food preservation in cold temperatures has been practiced since the early days of mankind, although not as effortlessly as today when we have powerful freezers,...
View ArticleUse Ceramic Knives for Food Storage Processing
They cut like butter… It is food storage processing time and I have a cool new tool to help. I received 4 ceramic knives and a ceramic peeler from EasyLife to try in my prepared kitchen. I think my...
View ArticleHow Do I Store That?
Have you followed the “How Do I Store That?” Series? This year I have undertaken a quest to learn more about food storage. Specifically, I want to know how to take the food we purchase and keep it for...
View ArticleYour Prepared Pantry: 3 Month Food Supply
Don't wait for empty shelves at your local grocery store when disaster strikes. Keep a well prepared pantry that can feed you and your loved ones for at least 3 months. Here's how to do it. The post...
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