Tag: food security

How Big A Garden Do You Really Need?

Some posts may contain affiliate links. How Big A Garden Do You Really Need? There are so many things to consider when preparing for your garden, space, light, access to water, protecting your crop from critters etc. that sometimes we forget to ask ourselves some very basic garden questions that are as important as all …

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Rediscover Haybox Cooking

Rediscover Haybox Cooking As the crock pot queen of cooking, when I came across this pioneer version of the crock pot the haybox. I had to share it with you. It is literally the nonelectric version of the first slow cooking device. Better still you can make your own and slow cook on camping trips …

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Baking Without an Oven

Baking  Without an Oven Traditionally when we think of cooking over an open fire or on the stove top we think grilling, frying, boiling or simmering and not baking! However, with the help of a Dutch oven we can actually bake without an oven too. This article gives instructions and recipes for baking in your …

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Small Livestock For Small Spaces

Small Livestock For Small Spaces Initially preparing requires stocking up on items you know you will need if there is an emergency situation, You begin on the short term like 72 hours and move up from there. The end hope for most is to be almost completely self sufficient and self reliant. To do that …

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52 Wild Plants Safe to Eat

52 Wild Plants Safe to Eat Most of us are used to eating without thought the items stocked on our grocery’s shelves and produce bins or what we ourselves have planted in our gardens. But do you know which wild plants are safe and nutritious? If you’re ever in a must forage situation do you know …

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Beef Jerky Recipes

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Beef Jerky Recipes Drying meat has been a simple method of preserving meat for centuries in many cultures and a staple in a prepper’s pantry. Besides who doesn’t love jerky! The link featured below gives us 20 different recipes for making it yourself. Not only is variety the spice of …

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Self-sufficient Goat Keeping

 Self-sufficient Goat Keeping  Before deciding to raise goats, rabbits, chickens or any critter typically classified as a farm animal there are many things that need to be taken into consideration.  Pygmy goats and miniature pigs have become to many like a household pet! They are not the same as a dog or cat or other typically domesticated animal. Just like any …

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Combining Your Tomato & Potato Plants

Combining Your Tomato & Potato Plants

Some posts may contain affiliate links, Combining Your Tomato & Potato Plants Use your garden space wisely this year, see how you can grow a tomato & potato on one plant. I knew you could do this with certain trees and bushes, but didn’t know you could do so with vegetables! This post will make …

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Affordable Survival Superfoods To Stockpile

Affordable Survival Superfoods To Stockpile

Affordable Survival Superfoods To Stockpile What affordable superfoods should you be storing? Some of the items on the list are a bit surprising. I strongly believe in storing healthy and nutritious foods. I think it’s more important than ever during a time of crisis where you would be burning more calories and under more stress lowering your immunity. …

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Preserving Meat in the Wilderness

Preserving Meat in the Wilderness The video below is a tutorial on preserving meat by jerking/dehydrating while in the wilderness. You will not always have your oven or dehydrator especially if you’re in a survival situation! Your body needs protein in normal times and even more so in a survival situation where you are burning extra calories and using more muscle …

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