Category: Food

28 Creative Recycled Garden Ideas

28 Creative Recycled Garden Ideas I personally think that our garden with its rows of produce neatly displaying our harvests to come are beautiful just as they are. However, my opinion isn’t always shared by many of the HOAs across the country. Those of you who just want a beautiful flower bed with a punch …

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Why You Need A Camouflaged Edible Garden

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Why You Need A Camouflaged Edible Garden Gardening is one of the first lines of defense against many SHTF events. If the event destroys your current year’s harvest, then you fall back to your stock pile and prepare your garden for the longer term shortages that follow every major …

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Pros & Cons Of Different Survival Foods

Pros & Cons Of Different Survival Foods Shelter, water, and food are the basics of survival in that order. We can’t always plan ahead for all three successfully. But we sure try! Because we try to prepare as many things as we can, it’s easy to get bogged down in some areas and want to …

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27 Food Items That Store For Decades

27 Food Items That Store For Decades When stockpiling food stuff items, rotation of what you’re storing is a big part of the process. But there are cooking items and food items that you can buy in bulk and store for a decade or more. These items are especially good for those planning long term. …

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Wall Gardens Maximize Growing Space

Wall Gardens Maximize Growing Space Many many of us don’t have a lot of space for gardens and even those that have large gardens can often misjudge how much they would need to feed their families when or if the local market could no longer provide supplemental foods. Wall gardens could be the answer to …

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Inexpensive Foods With a Long Shelf Life

 Inexpensive Foods With a Long Shelf Life Storing extra foods isn’t cheap. You want to get the best of your limited dollar. This means you need to stockpile inexpensive foods and ingredients that have a long shelf life. Just make sure that you know how to use these foods, that you rotate your stock and …

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MIY Squirrel Country Sausage

MIY Squirrel Country Sausage Many people eat squirrel on the regular. Especially popular in some parts of the United States. But in many places and for many people it is something that they haven’t yet tried or haven’t considered eating unless there is a lack of their usual meat orientated livestock. I have tried it, …

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Z Nation’s Serena’s (Pie Girl) Scratch Blueberry Pie

Z Nation‘s Serena’s (Pie Girl) Scratch Blueberry Pie If you are a Z Nation fan you already know the story of Serena’s blueberry pie! The actor who plays Serena admits her own favorite is cherry pie, but hey during a zombie apocalypse a gal has to use what is available! Proof that during times of …

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MIY Sausage Making

Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Sausage Making One of the favored methods for preserving meat is to make it into sausage then cure. It’s one of the tastier methods as well. You can use just about any meat source you choose whether hunted or live stock. Homestead Sausage Making   This is an …

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Hunting, processing, and cooking black bear

Hunting, processing, and cooking black bear Before you run out and hunt yourself a black bear there are things you should know. 1st make sure it is in season in your region and that you know your prey. Bear can be extremely dangerous. When ever you take a creature’s life for food, insure that you …

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