An Upscale Herb Garden from Recycled Materials Instructions Build your own herb garden from recycled materials. 1st you take a piece of scrap wood and cut to your specifications. Sand the cut edges, stain with your chosen color and coat with a sealer. (Eventually some water will be spilled!) Add hangers to the end you …
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It’s Garlic Season! Start With a Single Bulb
It’s Garlic Season! Start With a Single Bulb The months of October and November are prime planting season for garlic. Although they can be planted in the spring as well. Not everyone knows that you can grow pretty much unlimited garlic from just a one bulb! It’s a very easy crop to grow and requires very little care. …
DIY Non-Electric Refrigeration
DIY Non-Electric Refrigeration The Zeer Pot After a disaster or a major SHTF event we could be without power for days, weeks or much longer. Safe food storage will still be an important consideration. If you don’t have a root cellar a zeer pot is a good option for keeping those fruits and veggies at …
Make Your Groceries Last Longer
Make Your Groceries Last Longer Everyone wants to save some money! Stretching your grocery budget, keeping your home grown produce and sale goods fresh and usable longer will do just that. Some of these tips can also help stretch your preps in an emergency situation when a trip to the store simply isn’t possible. Our …
Foraging Safely -Common Non-Edible Plants
Foraging Safely -Common Non-Edible Plants Many of us are learning about foraging and edible plants as we become a more health conscious and prepared society. But we must remember to choose the plants we decide to eat with care as the wrong one can make you extremely ill. It is an old tale that …
The Busy Person’s Guide to Food Preservation
The Busy Person’s Guide to Food Preservation You may work full time, you might have children to care for and they have a schedule of their own, you have hobbies, and a home to care for too, etc.. You have a life! So who has time to preserve food when you can buy it at will at …
MIY Pot Roast in a Jar
MIY Pot Roast in a Jar, Canning Roasted Beef Another way to preserve meat! I love jerky and smoked meats but sometimes we just want good old fashion roasted beef! A great way to stock up when on sale, or after hunting, and still leave some room in your freezer or for a time when …
Earthquake Proof your Pantry
Earthquake Proof your Pantry So you have stored enough food and supplies to get you through just about any emergency situation. Now the emergency hits, a hurricane, a tornado, an eruption, or an earthquake and all you’ve stored is now broken, smashed, and or contaminated. After making sure you were prepared you find yourself just like …
3 Inexpensive DIY Greenhouses
3 Inexpensive DIY Greenhouses DIY Green Houses Lots of us are not fortunate enough to live in areas where year round planting is possible outdoors. But we all eat year around! So if we can extend our growing seasons we can put more food on the table now and later in a SFTF scenario. There …