5 (More) Foods That Last Forever
Follow me When planning and storing food for emergencies or survival situations, we have long advocated incorporating foods that will last forever (or
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Garlic: A Natural Medicine for the Prepper’s Medicine Chest
Follow me Good Day to you, Ready Nutrition Readers. Today’s article is an introduction to cover some of the basics of Garlic (Allium
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Vitamin D deficiency symptoms: The top warning signs
Follow me Just how important is vitamin D? It’s been well-known since the 1930s, when doctors first understood the link between vitamin D
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How to Grow Tomatoes
Follow me You can’t beat the flavour of home-grown tomatoes straight from the vine – and they’re so easy to sow & grow!
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Survival Water Purification
Follow me Survival water purification is one of the most important wilderness skills that we teach at Alderleaf. Water makes up more than
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The $50 disaster prep you definitely need, but likely don’t have.
Follow me When it comes to storing items at home to ready your family for a potential large scale disaster (or worse), the
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Is It Time To Revive “Survival Gardens?”
Follow me With a global pandemic circling the globe and fears of food shortages, many are looking more closely at resurrecting the long-ago
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A One-Month Shelf-Stable Food Menu Your Family Will Love
Follow me Now that most of the country is practicing social isolation, people are turning more and more often to their pantries to
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Urban Gardening: Grow Anywhere!
Follow me Just because you live in an apartment, does not mean you have to live without the joys of fresh, homegrown garden
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GET MORE FROM YOUR VEGGIE GARDEN THIS YEAR
Follow me When spring finally arrives, it’s always exciting to get those first seeds safely tucked into the ground. But don’t put away
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10 Cool Season Plants You Can Grow Today!
Follow me Even though the days are still cool, there are some seeds you can start today. Here are some cool-season vegetables and
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3 Beginner Sustainability Changes To Set You Up For Success
Follow me Making changes to the way we’ve always done things is often difficult for most people. We get in ruts and comfort
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How To Grow Strawberries
Follow me The flavour of warm, sun-ripened strawberries picked fresh from your own garden is something to savour. These delicious and aromatic fruits
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Growing Vegetables in Containers
Follow me If you don’t have room for a garden, or only want to grow a few vegetables, planting in containers is the
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Home Cheese Making
Follow me Do you want to try your hand at some home cheese making but don’t know where to start? You’re in luck!
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How to grow herbs
Follow me Growing your own herbs is an easy and rewarding project . Herbs are easy to grow in beds, borders, containers, or
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4 Sustainable Practices That Will Make Big Changes!
Follow me Whether we are climate change activists or skeptics, we can all agree that we should all be doing our part to
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Top 10 crops for pots
Follow me Growing your favourite crops in pots can turn even the smallest of spaces into a home allotment. Container gardening offers a
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How to Build a Simple Hoop House
Follow me The easiest way to protect your plants for the winter is to put them in a row, say 6 or 7
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Scientists successfully brew beer and mead using 5,000-year-old “resurrected” yeasts discovered in the Holy Land
Follow me Want to know what ancient Middle Eastern beer tastes like? Try asking this team of researchers from Israel: In a study published
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The 10 best egg-laying chickens for a prepper’s homestead
Follow me Keeping egg-laying chickens offers several benefits. They supply fresh eggs daily, eat insect pests, and make for a steady source of income
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Want Safe Food? Grow Your Own
Follow me Between 1990 and 2009, there were 363 outbreaks of food-borne illness linked to various leafy greens, including iceberg lettuce, romaine, and
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How to prevent and treat nutrient deficiencies during long-term disasters
Follow me Nutrient deficiency is a likely and dangerous long-term threat during SHTF scenarios. Preppers and homesteaders must get ready well in advance
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