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Propagating Grapes Through Cuttings
photo by Martin Lopatka If you have a grape plant and want more grape plants, it’s easy to grow your own. Or so says my extension agent, so we’re going to give it a try. I would have waited until I...
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What in the World is TVP?
TVP and Whole Wheat Pasta photo by cisc1970 If you’ve looked at purchasing food storage from any number of companies, you’ve probably encountered TVP. But what is TVP? And do I need any of it in my...
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Making Freezer Jam with Freeze Dried Fruit
I came across a great deal on strawberries the other day, and being down to only peach jam at our house (which nobody likes) I snatched up 3 flats of strawberries to make a lot of jam. I don’t like...
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Does Freeze Dried Cheese Melt?
When I accidentally sent all the cheese from the fridge in sweet husband’s work cooler, it left me in a pinch for my burrito lunch yesterday. I really didn’t want to go to the store for more cheese,...
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Eight Fantastic Food Storage Foods for Toddlers
Photo by CarbonNYC Do you have little people in your preparedness plans? Even if you don’t have any babies or toddlers in your home right now, you may end up providing for those around you or those...
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Make Your Own Fish Stringer
When you’re fishing, you’ll need some way to hold your first fish while you’re working on catching more. You don’t want your fish to dry out or get too warm. Keeping them on a stringer helps you...
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Canning Quick Tip: Let the Canner Make the Syrup
When you’re canning fruit, most methods require that you mix up a light to heavy syrup to add to the jars of fruit prior to canning. This entails measuring sugar into water in a pot and heating it all...
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Dehydrating Green Beans
photo by codepro8 Green beans are the garden gift that keeps on giving. If you can keep up with the picking about 1-2 times per week, green beans will just keep on making beans until they freeze....
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Using and Cooking With Dehydrated Green Beans
So after learning how easy it is to dehydrate green beans, you now have a jar or two or five of dehydrated green beans. As lovely as they are, they really shouldn’t be put on the shelf just to be...
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Two Signs of a Tomato Worm
Tomato worms, also known as tomato hornworms are not guests you want in your garden. They are 3-4 inches long, green, and fat, with a distinctive horn on the back end. Here are two signs to look for...
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7 Ways to Get Meat in Your Food Storage
Meat is not a necessary component of your food storage. There are other sources of protein like beans, peanut butter, nuts, and even broccoli. However, I like meat. My family likes meat. If you...
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Using Honey as a Topical Antibiotic: The Honey Bandage
One sad dog getting doctored up Honey is one of the more versatile foods you can store. You know it tastes good on toast and in your tea, but did you know honey also has healing properties? We...
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Kindle Cook Kit Flameless Cooker Review
There are quite a few ways to heat food and water that require a flame. But did you know there are also flameless heaters? MRE’s have used this technology for years with their specially designed...
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How To Can Chicken or Pork
Canned Chicken Want to know how to can chicken or pork? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Today we have a step by step, illustrated guide to canning pork and chicken! Canning meat might sound a...
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How to Cook Dandelion Roots
Dandelion is one of the most recognizable and widespread edible plants. You know that weed that pops up in your yard every spring with its sunny yellow flowers? That lovely yellow flower that then...
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Edible and Non-Edible Berries
Guest Post by Kent Page McGroarty Should you ever find yourself stranded in the wilderness and are looking for food, it’s important to already have a working knowledge of what you can and cannot...
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How To Can Green Beans: The Illustrated Guide
Canning green beans in all their varieties is one of the easiest pressure canning projects you can do. Beans are a super-producer most gardening years, and canning them is one of the best ways to...
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Extracting Honey from Our Bee Hives
After three years of trying bees, we are finally extracting honey from the hives this fall! It’s not too hard (read: I had sweet husband do most of it), and quite fascinating. And since I didn’t...
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Saving Carrot Seeds
Saving carrot seeds is a two year process. Like many other root crops including onions and beets, carrots are biennials. This means the first year they are planted, they do not seed. They will...
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Drying Herbs in a Dehydrator: Parsley, Oregano, Basil
Storing herbs is a great way to add flavor variety to your stored foods. Growing herbs in an herb garden can provide fabulous fresh herbs during growing season. Usually, there is plenty of herb...
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