Some posts may contain affiliate links. Tips for Hiding Your Survival Garden It is already against the rules of many HOA’s to have a vegetable garden. Now I don’t mean to be putting the HOAs across the land on blast. I do understand their purpose and sometimes even agree with the restrictions they place on …
MIY Canned Meatballs My family loves meatballs! The featured article gives a recipe for a very basic beef meatball which can be used in a number of different recipes. The procedure itself can also be used for pork, deer, or other meatballs as well. Meat is a huge portion of where the majority of the population gets …
Basics That Should be in Your Pantry How do I start building my survival food storage? What basics should I have? Why should I have those specific items? These are just some of the questions that preppers ask when beginning and adding to their pantry. One bit of advice is store what you eat and …
Foraging for Winter Wild Berries Did anyone else do this as a child? I vividly remember picking wild berries in open fields and along roadsides for my grandmother’s preserves as a child. I know I am aging myself by saying that! As this was back when it wasn’t a legal issue to do so. When I …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Identifying Little Hogweed & its Benefits From Giant Hogweed & its Dangers Then I came across this article touting the benefits of Little Hogweed for human consumption including recipes! Obviously the difference between the two plants is more than just size. I sounds to me like Little …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Guide to Gardening by Mail This link was recently forwarded to me by a member (Many thanks the more information and participation we have the better off we all are!) and on the forum there was recently a question from another member asking about which mail order companies were trustworthy …
Knowing What Needs to be Pruned and When When I first moved from an apartment to a home with some garden space, I was a pruning menace! I thought that all the bushes and trees should be pruned in the fall when they began to turn brown and look funky! It only took that first …
Frugal Recipes For Hard Times Everyone has had hard times, some more than others and some harder than others. As a single parent I have had my share! But no matter how tough a time you are experiencing you and your family especially if you have children need proper nutrition. That is not always easy …
DIY Smokehouse From Cement Blocks Not only are smoked meats tasty but it is a great low-cost way of preserving meat. Because this method doesn’t require electricity it makes it an excellent post SHTF method as well. If you are smoking a large amount of meat this is the way to do it! It is …
8 Signs of Canned Goods Gone Bad There is always a good bit of controversy regarding the validity and actual meaning of “expiration dates”, “best by date”, “sell by date” and “freshest by dates”. It is agreed though that the day before the expiration date is really no safer or less safe than the actual …
