101+ Dehydrating Recipes Dehydrating and drying of your foods is an excellent method of preserving in a way that is much easier to save and store than traditional canning or smoking. Much lighter and smaller to fit both in your pantry and in your backpack or BOB. I even keep a few in my accident …
Backwoods Air Conditioner The warm season is upon most of us. One way to beat the heat is air conditioning which in my area at this time is almost completely sold out in the majority of stores. So if you can’t run out and pick up a small air conditioner or don’t want to install …
Some posts may contain affiliate links DIY Hammock Making X 12 Styles For lazy days in your backyard or being off the ground camping or in a bug out situation a hammock can make life easier. Making one now gives you not only the bragging rights to the nifty hammock but allows you to learn …
Some posts may contain affiliated links. Canning Help: Tear-Free Onion Cutting Trick That Actually Works! If your like me, you put onions in just about everything! I can’t preserve enough fast enough, so cutting all those flavorful onions to go in canning, to be dried, to make MREs and premade canned meals can be an …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Canning Help: Tip for Speed-Peeling Potatoes! Part of preserving our garden grown potatoes or storing our store bought bulk sale purchases can mean peeling a whole lot of potatoes! A job no one particularly loves! Creek Line House has a tip for us to make that job a bit …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. When Are You Prepping Too Much? Too much of a good thing is still too much! When you first begin prepping and realize all the possible scenarios can cause you to overdo it. We need to take care that we don’t get so caught up in the possible negatives …
Some posts may contain affiliate links 2 Dozen Creative Garden Containers Just because we want our gardens to be functional and good producers doesn’t mean we don’t want them to look good! A container garden can be done indoor or out and the nicer the garden containers the easier it is to bring inside for the …
DIY Cedar Smokehouse Smoking meats to preserve them is one of the oldest methods of food preservation there is. From jerky to smoke house hams the majority of us have had smoked or dried meat in one form or another. How to get this great flavor and the benefits of long-term preservation of the proteins …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Canning Help: Peeling a Head of Garlic in Just Seconds! Cool little cooking trick makes peeling garlic for your canning and cooking needs fast and easy! My family are garlic fiends! We love garlic in all our homemade sauces from pizza to pasta. I actually have a hard time …
DIY Home Brewery to a Commercial Nanobrewery Whether you are brewing at home because you like a good home brew and enjoy the brewing process or you’re planning on brewing for trade in a future SHTF situation or trading in a group for skills now. Turning up the volume on how much you can brew in …
