Preserving the Harvest – Canning and Dehydrating
Follow me Tis the season of garden harvests in North America (and garden planning south of the equator). If we’re lucky, it gets
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5 Food crops that can be grown year-round in container gardens
Follow me Even though city dwellers lack the land for growing a garden, they can still grow food crops for sustenance – thanks to
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How To Grow Tomatoes Indoors
Follow me It’s pretty standard wisdom that there are few things better tasting than homegrown tomatoes! Granted, some people don’t like tomatoes, but for
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How to Make Your Own Pemmican
Follow me I’ve long wanted to try pemmican but in my search for recipes, I found ‘virtual tons’ of them. After having the
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Food Crisis Worsens: California Drought Causes Increase In UNPLANTED Farm Land
Follow me The amount of unplanted farmland in California is increasing, making the food supply crisis even worse. The drought is causing farmers
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Gardening in Arid Environments
Follow me We talk about gardening a lot on this site. Maybe you live in a temperate climate with ample rainfall and workable soil. Gardening
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Foraging For Mayapples
Follow me Mayapple fruits are ripe when they are as yellow as a lemon, and are soft and slightly wrinkled. Their ripening time
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How to Fish and Not Only Survive… But Thrive
Follow me Fishing is one of the best ways of getting ample protein in a complete apocalyptic scenario. There’s plenty of water around, but
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Start Gardening Differently
Follow me Preparedness and self-sufficiency usually turns to food production at some point. Whether we’re old hats or just getting started, there are some
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FOOD APOCALYPSE: The world has just 10 weeks’ worth of wheat left
Follow me In less than three weeks, wheat could disappear from store shelves, suggested a food insecurity expert to the United Nations. Sara Menker,
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5 Nutritious, fast-growing vegetables that you need in your home garden
Follow me Not all vegetables take several months to mature. Even if you’re not an experienced gardener, there are plenty of vegetables that you
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Trail Foods from History – Food Preservation Ideas
Follow me One of the challenges that regularly comes up when we talk about bug-outs is food for our bug out packs, and even
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Prepper Hacks – Jumpstart That Survival Garden
Follow me Spring Into Planting (Early & Anywhere) Hopefully we’ve all sited or started making notes of where we want to plant, expand,
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BREAD MAKING OPTIONS WHEN YOU HAVE NO YEAST
Follow me Much to the dismay of preppers everywhere, yeast does expire. It loses the ability to make bread rise, as it’s a
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Empty shelves reported at grocery stores across the U.S. as supply chain, omicron and weather issues converge
Follow me It’s beginning to look a lot like the early days of the pandemic in grocery stores across America, as store shelves
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How to Make Home Canned Ham
Follow me In a totally different stratosphere from Spam, the cans of flaked ham and the big pear-shaped cans of ham that you
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These Food Essentials Should Be in Every Bug Out Bag
Follow me Preparing to bug out on foot requires physical fitness and lightweight calorie-dense foods to get you to your destination. Be sure
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Food preservation tips: What kinds of food can you dehydrate?
Follow me There is almost no easier way to preserve food than to dry it. Used for thousands of years to extend the shelf-life
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How to Grow Strawberries
Follow me Sweet, juicy strawberries are not only a sure sign that the summer growing season has arrived, but they are also a
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How to Grow Blackberries
Follow me Blackberries are a sweet tasty treat that can easily be grown in a home garden. The perennial plants will provide plenty
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Prepper recipes: How to make hardtack, a long-lasting survival food
Follow me Hardtack is a hard biscuit made of flour, water and salt. It is a long-lasting food that’s perfect for long-term emergencies.
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Prepper’s food delight: Fruits and vegetables you can grow in your own garden
Follow me The ability to feed yourself and your family when SHTF is very important, so you may want to learn how to
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USDA says “megadrought” threatens American corn, soybean yields, worsening food shortages
Follow me A recent crop tour conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has found that conditions are worsening for the nation’s corn and soybean crops.
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In a post-SHTF world, mushrooms and seaweed may help you survive
Follow me Foods like mushrooms, seaweed and sugar from leaves may be the best way to create a sustainable diet in extreme SHFT situations,
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